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Exodus 23:6

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

KJV

Non declinabis in judicium pauperis.

Vulgate

Οὐ διαστρέψεις κρίμα πένητος ἐν κρίσει αὐτοῦ.

LXX

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

ASV

לֹ֥א תַטֶּ֛ה מִשְׁפַּ֥ט אֶבְיֹנְ/ךָ֖ בְּ/רִיבֽ/וֹ

Hebrew

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In the original Hebrew

5 distinct Hebrew words appear in this verse.

אֶבְי֑וֹן
'byvn
adjective · 59×
י
y
noun · 422×
לֹ֣א
l'
proper_noun · 5171×
נָטִ֤יתִי
ntyty
verb · 216×
רִ֥יב
ryb
noun · 61×

Historic Christian voices

2 passages from patristic writers, Reformers, and church catechisms citing this verse.

Cross-references

  • 2Sam 23:3 — The God of Israel said, the Rock of Israel spake to me, He that ruleth over men must be just, ruling in the fear of God.
  • Deut 1:17 — Ye shall not respect persons in judgment; but ye shall hear the small as well as the great; ye shall not be afraid of the face of man; for the judgment is God’s: and the cause that is too hard for you
  • Deut 16:19 — Thou shalt not wrest judgment; thou shalt not respect persons, neither take a gift: for a gift doth blind the eyes of the wise, and pervert the words of the righteous.
  • Deut 16:19 — Thou shalt not wrest judgment; thou shalt not respect persons, neither take a gift: for a gift doth blind the eyes of the wise, and pervert the words of the righteous.
  • Deut 24:17 — Thou shalt not pervert the judgment of the stranger, nor of the fatherless; nor take a widow’s raiment to pledge:
  • Deut 27:19 — Cursed be he that perverteth the judgment of the stranger, fatherless, and widow. And all the people shall say, Amen.
  • Eccl 5:8 — If thou seest the oppression of the poor, and violent perverting of judgment and justice in a province, marvel not at the matter: for he that is higher than the highest regardeth; and there be higher
  • Exod 20:16 — Thou shalt not bear false witness against thy neighbour.
  • Exod 22:9 — For all manner of trespass, whether it be for ox, for ass, for sheep, for raiment, or for any manner of lost thing, which another challengeth to be his, the cause of both parties shall come before the
  • Exod 23:2 — Thou shalt not follow a multitude to do evil; neither shalt thou speak in a cause to decline after many to wrest judgment:
  • Exod 23:2 — Thou shalt not follow a multitude to do evil; neither shalt thou speak in a cause to decline after many to wrest judgment:
  • Hab 1:4 — Therefore the law is slacked, and judgment doth never go forth: for the wicked doth compass about the righteous; therefore wrong judgment proceedeth.
  • Isa 10:1 — Woe unto them that decree unrighteous decrees, and that write grievousness which they have prescribed;
  • Jas 2:5 — Hearken, my beloved brethren, Hath not God chosen the poor of this world rich in faith, and heirs of the kingdom which he hath promised to them that love him?
  • Jer 5:28 — They are waxen fat, they shine: yea, they overpass the deeds of the wicked: they judge not the cause, the cause of the fatherless, yet they prosper; and the right of the needy do they not judge.
  • Lev 19:15 — Ye shall do no unrighteousness in judgment: thou shalt not respect the person of the poor, nor honor the person of the mighty: but in righteousness shalt thou judge thy neighbour.
  • Lev 19:15 — Ye shall do no unrighteousness in judgment: thou shalt not respect the person of the poor, nor honor the person of the mighty: but in righteousness shalt thou judge thy neighbour.
  • Mal 3:5 — And I will come near to you to judgment; and I will be a swift witness against the sorcerers, and against the adulterers, and against false swearers, and against those that oppress the hireling in his
  • Prov 22:22 — Rob not the poor, because he is poor: neither oppress the afflicted in the gate:
  • Prov 24:24 — He that saith unto the wicked, Thou art righteous; him shall the people curse, nations shall abhor him: