Exodus 23:3
Neither shall you countenance a poor man in his cause.
Updated King James Version
In The King James Version
Neither shalt thou countenance a poor man in his cause.
In Context
4If you meet yours enemy's ox or his ass going astray, you shall surely bring it back to him again.
Cross References
Deuteronomy 1:17All of you shall not respect persons in judgment; but all of you shall hear the small as well as the great; all of you shall not be afraid of the face of man; for the judgment is God's: and the cause that is too hard for you, bring it unto me, and I will hear it.
Psalms 82:3Defend the poor and fatherless: do justice to the afflicted and needy.
Proverbs 22:22Rob not the poor, because he is poor: neither oppress the afflicted in the gate:
Amos 5:12For I know your manifold transgressions and your mighty sins: they afflict the just, they take a bribe, and they turn aside the poor in the gate from their right.
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 →