Exodus 23:3
And you shall not spare a poor man in judgment.
LXX2012 (US English)
In The King James Version
Neither shalt thou countenance a poor man in his cause.
In Context
Cross References
Deuteronomy 1:17You shall not have respect to + 1:17 Gr. a face. persons in judgment, you shall judge + 1:17 Gr. according to small and great. small and great equally; you shall not shrink from before the person of a man, for the judgment is God's; and whatever matter shall be too hard for you, you⌃ shall bring it to me, and I will hear it.
Psalms 82:3Against your people they have craftily imagined a device, and have taken counsel against your saints. 1
Proverbs 22:22Do no violence to the poor, for he is needy: neither dishonor the helpless man in the gates.
Amos 5:12For I know your many transgressions, and your sins are great, trampling on the just, taking bribes, and turning aside the judgment of the poor in the gates.
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 →