Exodus 23:3
But, on the other hand, do not be turned from what is right in order to give support to a poor man's cause.
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- Lev 19:15 : 15 Do no wrong in your judging: do not give thought to the position of the poor, or honour to the position of the great; but be a judge to your neighbour in righteousness.
- Deut 1:17 : 17 In judging, do not let a man's position have any weight with you; give hearing equally to small and great; have no fear of any man, for it is God who is judge: and any cause in which you are not able to give a decision, you are to put before me and I will give it a hearing.
- Ps 82:2-3 : 2 How long will you go on judging falsely, having respect for the persons of evil-doers? (Selah.) 3 Give ear to the cause of the poor and the children without fathers; let those who are troubled and in need have their rights.
- Jas 3:17 : 17 But the wisdom which is from heaven is first holy, then gentle, readily giving way in argument, full of peace and mercy and good works, not doubting, not seeming other than it is.
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- Exod 23:5-84 verses87%
5 If you see the ass of one who has no love for you bent down to the earth under the weight which is put on it, you are to come to its help, even against your desire.
6 Let no wrong decisions be given in the poor man's cause.
7 Keep yourselves far from any false business; never let the upright or him who has done no wrong be put to death: for I will make the evil-doer responsible for his sin.
8 Take no rewards in a cause: for rewards make blind those who have eyes to see, and make the decisions of the upright false.
- Lev 19:14-152 verses81%
14 Do not put a curse on those who have no hearing, or put a cause of falling in the way of the blind, but keep the fear of your God before you: I am the Lord.
15 Do no wrong in your judging: do not give thought to the position of the poor, or honour to the position of the great; but be a judge to your neighbour in righteousness.
- Exod 23:1-22 verses79%
1 Do not let a false statement go further; do not make an agreement with evil-doers to be a false witness.
2 Do not be moved to do wrong by the general opinion, or give the support of your words to a wrong decision:
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19 You are not to be moved in your judging by a man's position, you are not to take rewards; for rewards make the eyes of the wise man blind, and the decisions of the upright false.
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17 Be upright in judging the cause of the man from a strange country and of him who has no father; do not take a widow's clothing on account of a debt:
- Prov 22:22-232 verses75%
22 Do not take away the property of the poor man because he is poor, or be cruel to the crushed ones when they come before the judge:
23 For the Lord will give support to their cause, and take the life of those who take their goods.
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5 To have respect for the person of the evil-doer is not good, or to give a wrong decision against the upright.
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23 These are more sayings of the wise: To have respect for a person's position when judging is not good.
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17 In judging, do not let a man's position have any weight with you; give hearing equally to small and great; have no fear of any man, for it is God who is judge: and any cause in which you are not able to give a decision, you are to put before me and I will give it a hearing.
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3 Give ear to the cause of the poor and the children without fathers; let those who are troubled and in need have their rights.
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25 If you let any of the poor among my people have the use of your money, do not be a hard creditor to him, and do not take interest.
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6 But you have put the poor man to shame. Are not the men of wealth rulers over you? do they not take you by force before their judges?
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19 Who has no respect for rulers, and who gives no more attention to those who have wealth than to the poor, for they are all the work of his hands.
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14 Do not be hard on a servant who is poor and in need, if he is one of your countrymen or a man from another nation living with you in your land.
15 Give him his payment day by day, not keeping it back over night; for he is poor and his living is dependent on it; and if his cry against you comes to the ears of the Lord, it will be judged as sin in you.
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9 Let your mouth be open, judging rightly, and give right decisions in the cause of the poor and those in need.
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12 If he is a poor man, do not keep his property all night;
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21 It is not good to have respect for a man's position: for a man will do wrong for a bit of bread.
- Lam 3:35-362 verses72%
35 In his turning away the right of a man before the face of the Most High.
36 In his doing wrong to a man in his cause, the Lord has no pleasure.
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31 He who is hard on the poor puts shame on his Maker; but he who has mercy on those who are in need gives him honour.
- Prov 3:30-312 verses72%
30 Do not take up a cause at law against a man for nothing, if he has done you no wrong.
31 Have no envy of the violent man, or take any of his ways as an example.
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3 A man of wealth who is cruel to the poor is like a violent rain causing destruction of food.
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10 Do not be hard on the widow, or the child without a father, on the man from a strange country, or on the poor; let there be no evil thought in your heart against your brother.
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7 The upright man gives attention to the cause of the poor: the evil-doer gives no thought to it.
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16 He who is cruel to the poor for the purpose of increasing his profit, and he who gives to the man of wealth, will only come to be in need.
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7 If in any of your towns in the land which the Lord your God is giving you, there is a poor man, one of your countrymen, do not let your heart be hard or your hand shut to him;
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6 Do not take glory for yourself before the king, and do not put yourself in the place of the great:
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8 Do not be guided by him or give attention to him; have no pity on him or mercy, and give him no cover;
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22 Do no wrong to a widow, or to a child whose father is dead.
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3 And you do honour to the man in fair clothing and say, Come here and take this good place; and you say to the poor man, Take up your position there, or be seated at my feet;
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2 Who do wrong to the poor in their cause, and take away the right of the crushed among my people, so that they may have the property of widows, and get under their power those who have no father.
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23 The poor man makes requests for grace, but the man of wealth gives a rough answer.
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19 Cursed is he who gives a wrong decision in the cause of a man from a strange land, or of one without a father, or of a widow. And let all the people say, So be it.
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10 He will certainly put you right, if you have respect for persons in secret.
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10 Do not let the landmark of the widow be moved, and do not go into the fields of those who have no father;
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6 His eyes are ever on the upright, and he gives to the crushed their right;
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2 Saying, There was a judge in a certain town, who had no fear of God or respect for man:
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10 Do not say evil of a servant to his master, or he will put a curse on you, and you will get into trouble.
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20 The poor man is hated even by his neighbour, but the man of wealth has numbers of friends.
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11 So because the poor man is crushed under your feet, and you take taxes from him of grain: you have made for yourselves houses of cut stone, but you will not take your rest in them; the fair vine-gardens planted by your hands will not give you wine.
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11 For there will never be a time when there are no poor in the land; and so I give orders to you, Let your hand be open to your countrymen, to those who are poor and in need in your land.
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27 He who gives to the poor will never be in need, but great curses will be on him who gives no attention to them.