Exodus 23:6

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.

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

⁷ Keep thee far from a false matter; and the innocent and righteous slay thou not: for I will not justify the wicked.

⁸ And thou shalt take no gift: for the gift blindeth the wise, and perverteth the words of the righteous.

Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.

Compare

BSB: You shall not deny justice to the poor in their lawsuits.
KJV: Thou shalt not wrest the judgment of thy poor in his cause.
WEB: “You shall not deny justice to your poor people in their lawsuits.
ASV: Thou shalt not wrest the justice [due] to thy poor in his cause.
DARBY: Thou shalt not pervert the judgment of thy poor in his cause.
BLB: You shall not turn aside the justice of your poor in his dispute.

ÅB: Du skal ikke i noen sak bøye retten for den fattige som bor hos deg.
OTB: "Du skal ikke nekte rettferdighet for dine trengende folk i deres rettssaker.
B1930: Du skal ikke i nogen sak bøie retten for den fattige som bor hos dig.

Study notes (Tyndale)

Original text and word study

Cross references

Jeremiah 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.
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Malachi 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 wages, the widow, and the fatherless, and that turn aside the stranger from his right, and fear not me, saith the LORD of hosts.
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Ecclesiastes 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 than they.
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Isaiah 10:1–2
Woe unto them that decree unrighteous decrees, and that write grievousness which they have prescribed;
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Exodus 23:2–3
Thou shalt not follow a multitude to do evil; neither shalt thou speak in a cause to decline after many to wrest judgment:
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James 2:5–6
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?
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Deuteronomy 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.
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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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