Exodus 23:3
You must not show favoritism to a poor man in his lawsuit.
Unlocked Literal Bible
In The King James Version
Neither shalt thou countenance a poor man in his cause.
In Context
4If you meet your enemy's ox or his donkey going astray, you must bring it back to him.
Cross References
Deuteronomy 1:17You will not show partiality to anyone in a dispute; you will hear the small and the great alike. You will not be afraid of the face of man, for the judgment is God's. The dispute that is too hard for you, you will bring to me, and I will hear it.'
Psalms 82:3Defend the poor and fatherless; 1 maintain the rights of the afflicted and destitute. 1
Proverbs 22:22Do not rob the poor because he is poor, 1 or crush the needy at the gate, 1
Amos 5:12For I know how many are your offenses 1 and how great are your sins— 1 you who afflict the just, 1 take bribes, 1 and turn aside the needy in the city gate. 1
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 →