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Exodus 23:3

JusticePoverty and the vulnerableIntegrity

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:

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 him, thou shalt surely help with him.

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BSB
And do not show favoritism to a poor man in his lawsuit.
KJV
Neither shalt thou countenance a poor man in his cause.
WEB
You shall not favor a poor man in his cause.
ASV
neither shalt thou favor a poor man in his cause.
DARBY
Neither shalt thou favour a poor man in his cause.
BLB
And to a poor man you shall not honor in his dispute.
ÅB
heller ikke om det gjelder en ringe mann, skal du pynte på hans sak.
OTB
Du skal ikke vise partiskhet mot en fattig person i deres tvist.
B1930
heller ikke om det gjelder en ringe mann, skal du pynte på hans sak.

Study notes (Tyndale)

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Cross references

  • Leviticus 19:15

    Ye 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.

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  • James 3:17

    But the wisdom that is from above is first pure, then peaceable, gentle, and easy to be intreated, full of mercy and good fruits, without partiality, and without hypocrisy.

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  • Psalms 82:2–3

    How long will ye judge unjustly, and accept the persons of the wicked? Selah.

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  • Deuteronomy 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, bring it unto me, and I will hear it.

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