Exodus 23:6
Thou shalt not pervert the vindication of thy needy one in his quarrel.
The Emphasised Bible by J. B. Rotherham
In The King James Version
Thou shalt not wrest the judgment of thy poor in his cause.
In Context
Cross References
Leviticus 19:15Ye shall not act perversely in giving judgment, Thou shalt neither respect the person of the poor, Nor prefer the person of the great,—In righteousness, shalt thou judge thy neighbour.
Deuteronomy 27:19Cursed, be he that perverteth the right of the sojourner, the fatherless, or the widow. And all the people shall say—Amen.
2 Chronicles 19:7Now, therefore, let the dread of Yahweh be upon you,—observe and do, for there is, with Yahweh our God, neither perversity nor respect of persons nor the taking of bribes.
Job 31:21If I shook—against the fatherless—my hand, when I saw, in the gate, his need of my help,
Proverbs 18:5To prefer a lawless man, is not good, thrusting away the righteous, in judgment.
Ecclesiastes 5:8If, the oppression of the poor, and the wresting of justice and righteousness, thou see in the province, do not be astonished over the matter,—for, one high above the highest, is watching, yea, the Most High, is over them.
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 →