Exodus 23:3

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Do not show partiality to a poor person in his lawsuit.

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  • Lev 19:15 : 15 Do not pervert justice; do not show partiality to the poor or favoritism to the great, but judge your neighbor fairly.
  • Deut 1:17 : 17 Do not show partiality in judgment; hear both small and great alike. Do not be afraid of anyone, for judgment belongs to God. Bring any case that is too difficult for you to me, and I will hear it.
  • Ps 82:2-3 : 2 How long will you judge unjustly and show partiality to the wicked? Selah. 3 Defend the weak and the fatherless; uphold the cause of the poor and the oppressed.
  • Jas 3:17 : 17 But the wisdom that comes from above is first pure, then peace-loving, gentle, willing to yield, full of mercy and good fruits, impartial, and sincere.

Similar Verses (AI)

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  • Exod 23:5-8
    4 verses
    87%

    5If you see the donkey of someone who hates you collapsing under its load, and you would refrain from helping, you must surely help with it.

    6Do not deny justice to your poor among you in their lawsuit.

    7Stay far from a false accusation; do not kill the innocent and the righteous, for I will not justify the wicked.

    8Do not accept a bribe, for a bribe blinds those who see and twists the words of the righteous.

  • Lev 19:14-15
    2 verses
    81%

    14Do not curse the deaf or put a stumbling block in front of the blind, but fear your God. I am the LORD.

    15Do not pervert justice; do not show partiality to the poor or favoritism to the great, but judge your neighbor fairly.

  • Exod 23:1-2
    2 verses
    79%

    1Do not spread a false report, and do not join hands with a wicked person to be a malicious witness.

    2Do not follow the majority to do evil, and do not testify in a dispute to turn aside after the majority to pervert justice.

  • Deut 16:19
    76%

    19Do not pervert justice or show partiality. Do not accept a bribe, for a bribe blinds the eyes of the wise and twists the words of the righteous.

  • Deut 24:17
    76%

    17Do not pervert justice for the foreigner or the fatherless, and do not take a widow's garment as security for a pledge.

  • Prov 22:22-23
    2 verses
    75%

    22Do not rob the poor because he is poor, and do not crush the afflicted at the gate.

    23For the LORD will plead their case and will rob of life those who rob them.

  • Prov 18:5
    74%

    5It is not good to show partiality to the wicked or to subvert the justice of the righteous.

  • Prov 24:23
    74%

    23These also belong to the wise: showing partiality in judgment is not good.

  • Deut 1:17
    74%

    17Do not show partiality in judgment; hear both small and great alike. Do not be afraid of anyone, for judgment belongs to God. Bring any case that is too difficult for you to me, and I will hear it.

  • Ps 82:3
    73%

    3Defend the weak and the fatherless; uphold the cause of the poor and the oppressed.

  • Exod 22:25
    73%

    25If you take your neighbor's cloak as a pledge, return it to him before the sun sets.

  • Jas 2:6
    73%

    6But you have dishonored the poor man. Are not the rich the ones who oppress you and drag you into court?

  • Job 34:19
    73%

    19God shows no partiality to princes and does not favor the rich over the poor, for they are all the work of His hands.

  • Deut 24:14-15
    2 verses
    73%

    14Do not take advantage of a hired worker who is poor and needy, whether that worker is a fellow Israelite or a foreigner residing in one of your towns.

    15Pay them their wages each day before sunset, because they are poor and depend on it. Otherwise, they may cry out to the LORD against you, and you will be guilty of sin.

  • Prov 31:9
    73%

    9Speak up and judge fairly; defend the rights of the poor and needy.

  • Deut 24:12
    73%

    12If the person is poor, do not keep their pledge overnight.

  • Prov 28:21
    72%

    21To show partiality is not good, yet for a piece of bread, a man will transgress.

  • Lam 3:35-36
    2 verses
    72%

    35to deny a man justice in the presence of the Most High,

    36to subvert a person in their cause—the Lord does not approve.

  • Prov 14:31
    72%

    31Whoever oppresses the poor shows contempt for their Maker, but whoever is kind to the needy honors Him.

  • Prov 3:30-31
    2 verses
    72%

    30Do not accuse anyone for no reason, when they have done you no harm.

    31Do not envy a violent man or choose any of his ways.

  • Prov 28:3
    72%

    3A poor man who oppresses the needy is like a driving rain that leaves no food.

  • Zech 7:10
    72%

    10Do not oppress the widow or the orphan, the foreigner or the poor. Do not plot evil in your hearts against one another.'

  • Prov 29:7
    71%

    7The righteous care about the justice of the poor, but the wicked have no understanding of it.

  • Prov 22:16
    71%

    16One who oppresses the poor to increase their wealth and one who gives gifts to the rich will both come to poverty.

  • Deut 15:7
    71%

    7If there is a poor person among your brothers within any of your gates in the land the Lord your God is giving you, do not harden your heart or shut your hand against your poor brother.

  • Prov 25:6
    71%

    6Do not exalt yourself in the king's presence or stand in the place of the great.

  • Deut 13:8
    71%

    8whether those gods are nearby or far away, from one end of the earth to the other—

  • Exod 22:22
    70%

    22If you do afflict them and they cry out to me, I will certainly hear their cry.

  • Jas 2:3
    70%

    3If you show special attention to the one wearing fine clothing and say, 'Here is a good seat for you,' but tell the poor man, 'You stand there,' or 'Sit here by my footstool,'

  • Isa 10:2
    70%

    2They deprive the poor of justice and rob the rights of the needy among my people, making widows their spoil and leaving orphans to be plundered.

  • Prov 18:23
    70%

    23The poor speak with supplications, but the rich answer harshly.

  • Deut 27:19
    70%

    19Cursed is anyone who denies justice to the foreigner, the fatherless, or the widow. Then all the people shall say, 'Amen.'

  • Job 13:10
    70%

    10He will surely rebuke you if you secretly show partiality.

  • Prov 23:10
    70%

    10Do not move an ancient boundary marker, nor enter the fields of the fatherless.

  • Job 36:6
    70%

    6He does not keep the wicked alive but gives justice to the afflicted.

  • Luke 18:2
    70%

    2He said, 'There was a judge in a certain town who neither feared God nor respected people.'

  • Prov 30:10
    70%

    10Do not slander a servant to his master, or he will curse you, and you will be found guilty.

  • Prov 14:20
    70%

    20The poor are hated even by their own neighbors, but the rich have many friends.

  • Amos 5:11
    70%

    11Therefore, because you trample on the poor and exact a grain tax from them, though you have built houses of cut stone, you will not live in them; though you have planted delightful vineyards, you will not drink their wine.

  • Deut 15:11
    70%

    11For there will never cease to be poor people in the land. Therefore, I command you to freely open your hand to your brother, to the needy, and to the poor in your land.

  • Prov 28:27
    70%

    27Whoever gives to the poor will lack nothing, but one who hides his eyes will receive many curses.