Exodus 23:6
Thou shalt not go aside in the poor man's judgment.
Douay-Rheims 1899
In The King James Version
Thou shalt not wrest the judgment of thy poor in his cause.
In Context
Cross References
Leviticus 19:15Thou shalt not do that which is unjust, nor judge unjustly. Respect not the person of the poor, nor honour the countenance of the mighty. But judge thy neighbour according to justice.
Deuteronomy 27:19Cursed be he that perverteth the judgment of the stranger, of the fatherless and the widow: and all the people shall say: Amen.
2 Chronicles 19:7Let the fear of the Lord be with you, and do all things with diligence: for there is no iniquity with the Lord our God, a nor respect of persons, nor desire of gifts.
Job 31:21If I have lifted up my hand against the fatherless, even when I saw myself superior in the gate:
Proverbs 18:5It is not good to accept the person of the wicked, to decline from the truth of judgment.
Ecclesiastes 5:8Moreover there is the king that reigneth over all the land subject to him.
Matthew Henry on Exodus 23:2-10
Judicial Laws. ( b. c. 1491.) 1 Thou shalt not raise a false report: put not thine hand with the wicked to be an unrighteous witness. 2 Thou shalt not follow a multitude to do evil; neither shalt thou speak in a cause to decline after many to wrest judgment: 3 Neither shalt thou countenance a poor man in his cause. 4 If thou meet thine enemy's ox or his ass going astray, thou shalt surely bring it back to him again. 5 If thou see the ass of him that hateth thee lying under his burden, and wouldest forbear to help… Read the whole commentary →