Exodus 23:6

Thou shalt not pervert the mishpat of thy poor in his riv (cause, lawsuit).

Orthodox Jewish Bible

In The King James Version

Thou shalt not wrest the judgment of thy poor in his cause.

In Context

5If thou see the chamor of him that hateth thee lying under his massa, and wouldest refrain from helping him, thou shalt surely help with him.

7Keep thee far from a devar sheker (false matter); and the naki (innocent) and tzaddik slay thou not; for I will not acquit the rashah.

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Cross References

Leviticus 19:15Ye shall do no avel bamishpat (perversion of justice); thou shalt not respect the person of the poor, nor favor the person of the gadol; but in tzedek shalt thou judge thy neighbor.

Deuteronomy 27:19Arur (cursed) be he that perverteth the mishpat of the ger, yatom, and almanah. And kol HaAm shall say, Omein.

2 Chronicles 19:7Wherefore now let the Pachad Hashem be upon you; be shomer and do it, for there is no avlah (injustice) with Hashem Eloheinu, nor massa panim (respect of persons), nor mikkach shochad (taking of bribes).

Job 31:21If I have lifted up my yad against the yatom, 1 when I saw my influence in the sha'ar (gate, court); 1

Proverbs 18:5It is not tov to show partiality to the rashah, 1 to subvert the tzaddik in mishpat. 1

Ecclesiastes 5:8Moreover the profit of eretz is for all; Melech himself is served by the sadeh.

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 →

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