Exodus 23:3

and a poor man thou dost not honour in his strife.

Young's Literal Translation

In The King James Version

Neither shalt thou countenance a poor man in his cause.

In Context

2'Thou art not after many to evil, nor dost thou testify concerning a strife, to turn aside after many to cause [others] to turn aside;

4'When thou meetest thine enemy's ox or his ass going astray, thou dost certainly turn it back to him;

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Cross References

Deuteronomy 1:17ye do not discern faces in judgment; as the little so the great ye do hear; ye are not afraid of the face of any, for the judgment is God's, and the thing which is too hard for you, ye bring near unto me, and I have heard it;

Psalms 82:3Judge ye the weak and fatherless, The afflicted and the poor declare righteous.

Proverbs 22:22Rob not the poor because he [is] poor, And bruise not the afflicted in the gate.

Amos 5:12For I have known — many [are] your transgressions, And mighty your sins, Adversaries of the righteous, taking ransoms, And the needy in the gate ye turned aside.

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 →

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