Exodus 23:6

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Let no wrong decisions be given in the poor man's cause.

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Referenced Verses

  • Exod 23:2-3 : 2 Do not be moved to do wrong by the general opinion, or give the support of your words to a wrong decision: 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.
  • 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 16:19 : 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.
  • Deut 27:19 : 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.
  • Eccl 5:8 : 8 It is good generally for a country where the land is worked to have a king.
  • Isa 10:1-2 : 1 Cursed are those who make evil decisions, and the writers who make the records of their cruel acts: 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.
  • Jer 5:28 : 28 They have become fat and strong: they have gone far in works of evil: they give no support to the cause of the child without a father, so that they may do well; they do not see that the poor man gets his rights.
  • Mal 3:5 : 5 And I will come near to you for judging; I will quickly be a witness against the wonder-workers, against those who have been untrue in married life, against those who take false oaths; against those who keep back from the servant his payment, and who are hard on the widow and the child without a father, who do not give his rights to the man from a strange country, and have no fear of me, says the Lord of armies.
  • Jas 2:5-6 : 5 Give ear, my dear brothers; are not those who are poor in the things of this world marked out by God to have faith as their wealth, and for their heritage the kingdom which he has said he will give to those who have love for him? 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?
  • Jer 6:28 : 28 All of them are turned away, going about with false stories; they are brass and iron: they are all workers of deceit.
  • Jer 7:6 : 6 If you are not cruel to the man from a strange country, and to the child without a father, and to the widow, and do not put the upright to death in this place, or go after other gods, causing damage to yourselves:
  • Amos 5:11-12 : 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. 12 For I have seen how your evil-doing is increased and how strong are your sins, you troublers of the upright, who take rewards and do wrong to the cause of the poor in the public place.
  • Mic 3:1-4 : 1 And I said, Give ear, now, you heads of Jacob and rulers of the people of Israel: is it not for you to have knowledge of what is right? 2 You who are haters of good and lovers of evil, pulling off their skin from them and their flesh from their bones; 3 Like meat they take the flesh of my people for their food, skinning them and crushing their bones, yes, cutting them up as if for the pot, like flesh inside the cooking-pot. 4 Then they will be crying to the Lord for help, but he will not give them an answer: yes, he will keep his face veiled from them at that time, because their acts have been evil.
  • Zeph 3:1-4 : 1 Sorrow to her who is uncontrolled and unclean, the cruel town! 2 She gave no attention to the voice, she had no use for teaching, she put no faith in the Lord, she did not come near to her God. 3 Her rulers are like loud-voiced lions in her; her judges are wolves of the evening, crushing up the bones before the morning. 4 Her prophets are good-for-nothing persons, full of deceit: her priests have made the holy place unclean and have gone violently against the law.
  • 2 Chr 19:7 : 7 So now let the fear of the Lord be in you; do your work with care; for in the Lord our God there is no evil, or respect for high position, or taking of payment to do wrong.
  • Job 31:13 : 13 If I did wrong in the cause of my man-servant, or my woman-servant, when they went to law with me;
  • Job 31:21-22 : 21 If my hand had been lifted up against him who had done no wrong, when I saw that I was supported by the judges; 22 May my arm be pulled from my body, and be broken from its base.
  • Ps 82:3-4 : 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. 4 Be the saviour of the poor and those who have nothing: take them out of the hand of the evil-doers.

Similar Verses (AI)

These verses are found using AI-powered semantic similarity based on meaning and context. Results may occasionally include unexpected connections.

  • Exod 23:1-3
    3 verses
    87%

    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:

    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.

  • Lev 19:15
    84%

    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 24:17
    82%

    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:

  • Deut 16:18-20
    3 verses
    81%

    18 You are to make judges and overseers in all your towns which the Lord your God gives you, for every tribe: and they are to be upright men, judging the people in righteousness.

    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.

    20 Let righteousness be your guide, so that you may have life, and take for your heritage the land which the Lord your God is giving you.

  • Prov 22:22-23
    2 verses
    79%

    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.

  • Prov 31:9
    78%

    9 Let your mouth be open, judging rightly, and give right decisions in the cause of the poor and those in need.

  • Deut 24:14-15
    2 verses
    78%

    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.

  • Ps 82:3-4
    2 verses
    77%

    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.

    4 Be the saviour of the poor and those who have nothing: take them out of the hand of the evil-doers.

  • Isa 10:2
    77%

    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.

  • Exod 22:25
    77%

    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.

  • Exod 23:7-8
    2 verses
    76%

    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.

  • Deut 1:17
    75%

    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.

  • Deut 27:19
    75%

    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.

  • Exod 23:5
    75%

    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.

  • Lev 19:35
    75%

    35 Do not make false decisions in questions of yard-sticks and weights and measures.

  • Zech 7:10
    75%

    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.

  • Ps 72:2
    75%

    2 May he be a judge of your people in righteousness, and make true decisions for the poor.

  • Jas 2:6
    75%

    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?

  • Prov 29:7
    75%

    7 The upright man gives attention to the cause of the poor: the evil-doer gives no thought to it.

  • Prov 18:5
    74%

    5 To have respect for the person of the evil-doer is not good, or to give a wrong decision against the upright.

  • Jer 22:16
    74%

    16 He was judge in the cause of the poor and those in need; then it was well. Was not this to have knowledge of me? says the Lord.

  • Jer 7:6
    74%

    6 If you are not cruel to the man from a strange country, and to the child without a father, and to the widow, and do not put the upright to death in this place, or go after other gods, causing damage to yourselves:

  • Prov 22:16
    74%

    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.

  • Exod 22:22
    74%

    22 Do no wrong to a widow, or to a child whose father is dead.

  • Deut 24:12
    74%

    12 If he is a poor man, do not keep his property all night;

  • Lev 19:10
    74%

    10 And do not take all the grapes from your vine-garden, or the fruit dropped on the earth; let the poor man, and the man from another country, have these: I am the Lord your God.

  • 2 Chr 19:6
    74%

    6 And said to the judges, Take care what you do, for you are judging not for man but for the Lord, and he is with you in the decisions you give.

  • Prov 14:31
    74%

    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.

  • Amos 5:11
    74%

    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.

  • Job 36:6
    74%

    6 His eyes are ever on the upright, and he gives to the crushed their right;

  • Lev 25:14
    74%

    14 And in the business of trading goods for money, do no wrong to one another.

  • Prov 24:23
    73%

    23 These are more sayings of the wise: To have respect for a person's position when judging is not good.

  • Deut 25:1
    73%

    1 If there is an argument between men and they go to law with one another, let the judges give their decision for the upright, and against the wrongdoer.

  • Jer 22:3
    73%

    3 This is what the Lord has said: Do what is right, judging uprightly, and make free from the hands of the cruel one him whose goods have been violently taken away: do no wrong and be not violent to the man from a strange country and the child without a father and the widow, and let not those who have done no wrong be put to death in this place.

  • Deut 15:7
    73%

    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;

  • Deut 22:4
    73%

    4 If you see your brother's ox or his ass falling down on the road, do not go by without giving him help in lifting it up again.

  • Deut 15:9
    73%

    9 And see that there is no evil thought in your heart, moving you to say to yourself, The seventh year, the year of forgiveness is near; and so looking coldly on your poor countryman you give him nothing; and he will make an outcry to the Lord against you, and it will be judged as sin in you.

  • Deut 15:11
    73%

    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.

  • Eccl 5:8
    73%

    8 It is good generally for a country where the land is worked to have a king.

  • Lev 25:17
    73%

    17 And do no wrong, one to another, but let the fear of your God be before you; for I am the Lord your God.

  • Isa 3:14
    73%

    14 The Lord comes to be the judge of their responsible men and of their rulers: it is you who have made waste the vine-garden, and in your houses is the property of the poor which you have taken by force.

  • Prov 28:3
    73%

    3 A man of wealth who is cruel to the poor is like a violent rain causing destruction of food.