Exodus 23:6
Thou shalt not wrest the judgment of thy poor in his cause.
Revised Version 1895
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 do no unrighteousness in judgment: thou shalt not respect the person of the poor, nor honour the person of the mighty: but in righteousness shalt thou judge thy neighbour.
Deuteronomy 27:19Cursed be he that wresteth the judgment of the stranger, fatherless, and widow. And all the people shall say, Amen.
2 Chronicles 19:7Now therefore let the fear of the LORD be upon you; take heed and do it: for there is no iniquity with the LORD our God, nor respect of persons, nor taking of gifts.
Job 31:21If I have lifted up my hand against the fatherless, because I saw my help in the gate:
Proverbs 18:5To accept the person of the wicked is not good, nor to turn aside the righteous in judgment.
Ecclesiastes 5:8If thou seest the oppression of the poor, and the violent taking away of judgment and justice in a province, marvel not at the matter: for one higher than the high regardeth; and there be higher than they.
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 →