Exodus 23:6

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“You shall not deny justice to the poor in their lawsuits.”

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BSBPD

“You shall not deny justice to the poor in their lawsuits.”

Berean Standard Bible · Public Domain (CC0)
KJVPD

“Thou shalt not wrest the judgment of thy poor in his cause.”

King James Version · Public Domain
ASVPD

“Thou shalt not wrest the justice due to thy poor in his cause.”

American Standard Version · Public Domain
YLTPD

“`Thou dost not turn aside the judgment of thy needy one in his strife;”

Young's Literal Translation · Public Domain
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Cross references

Other passages that echo Exodus 23:6 — 24 related verses from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

  1. Exodus 23:2You shall not follow the crowd in wrongdoing. When you testify in a lawsuit, do not pervert justice by siding with the crowd.
  2. Leviticus 19:15You must not pervert justice; you must not show partiality to the poor or favoritism to the rich; you are to judge your neighbor fairly.
  3. Deuteronomy 16:19Do not deny justice or show partiality. Do not accept a bribe, for a bribe blinds the eyes of the wise and twists the words of the righteous.
  4. Deuteronomy 27:19‘Cursed is he who withholds justice from the foreigner, the fatherless, or the widow.’ And let all the people say, ‘Amen!’
  5. 1 Samuel 8:3But his sons did not walk in his ways; they turned aside toward dishonest gain, accepting bribes and perverting justice.
  6. 2 Chronicles 19:7And now, may the fear of the LORD be upon you. Be careful what you do, for with the LORD our God there is no injustice or partiality or bribery.”
  7. Job 31:13If I have rejected the cause of my manservant or maidservant when they made a complaint against me,
  8. Job 31:21if I have lifted up my hand against the fatherless because I saw that I had support in the gate,
  9. Psalms 82:3Defend the cause of the weak and fatherless; uphold the rights of the afflicted and oppressed.
  10. Proverbs 18:5Showing partiality to the wicked is not good, nor is depriving the innocent of justice.
  11. Proverbs 22:22Do not rob a poor man because he is poor, and do not crush the afflicted at the gate,
  12. Ecclesiastes 5:8If you see the oppression of the poor and the denial of justice and righteousness in the province, do not be astonished at the matter; for one official is watched by a superior, and others higher still are over them.
  13. Isaiah 5:23who acquit the guilty for a bribe and deprive the innocent of justice.
  14. Isaiah 10:1Woe to those who enact unjust statutes and issue oppressive decrees,
  15. Isaiah 10:2to deprive the poor of fair treatment and withhold justice from the oppressed of My people, to make widows their prey and orphans their plunder.
  16. Jeremiah 5:28They have grown fat and sleek, and have excelled in the deeds of the wicked. They have not taken up the cause of the fatherless, that they might prosper; nor have they defended the rights of the needy.
  17. Jeremiah 6:28All are hardened rebels, walking around as slanderers. They are bronze and iron; all of them are corrupt.
  18. Jeremiah 7:6if you no longer oppress the foreigner and the fatherless and the widow, and if you no longer shed innocent blood in this place or follow other gods to your own harm,
  19. Amos 5:11Therefore, because you trample on the poor and exact from him a tax of grain, you will never live in the stone houses you have built; you will never drink the wine from the lush vineyards you have planted.
  20. Amos 5:12For I know that your transgressions are many and your sins are numerous. You oppress the righteous by taking bribes; you deprive the poor of justice in the gate.
  21. Micah 3:1Then I said: “Hear now, O leaders of Jacob, you rulers of the house of Israel. Should you not know justice?
  22. Zephaniah 3:1Woe to the city of oppressors, rebellious and defiled!
  23. Malachi 3:5“Then I will draw near to you for judgment. And I will be a swift witness against sorcerers and adulterers and perjurers, against oppressors of the widowed and fatherless, and against those who defraud laborers of their wages and deny justice to the foreigner but do not fear Me,” says the LORD of Hosts.
  24. James 2:5Listen, my beloved brothers: Has not God chosen the poor of this world to be rich in faith and to inherit the kingdom He promised those who love Him?

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