Exodus 23:3

Bishops' Bible (1568)

Neither shalt thou esteeme a poore man in his cause.

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  • Lev 19:15 : 15 Ye shall do no vnrighteousnesse in iudgement, thou shalt not fauour the person poore, nor honour the person mightie, but in righteousnes shalt thou iudge thy neighbour.
  • Deut 1:17 : 17 Ye shall haue no respect of any person in iudgement, but you shall heare the small aswell as the great: You shall not feare the face of any man, for the iudgement is Gods. And the cause that is to harde for you, referre it vnto me, and I wyll heare it.
  • Ps 82:2-3 : 2 Howe long wyll ye geue wrong iudgement: and accept the persons of the vngodly? Selah. 3 Iudge ryght vnto the poore and fatherlesse: dispatch according to iustice suche as be afflicted and in necessitie.
  • Jas 3:17 : 17 But the wisdome that is from aboue, is first pure, then peaseable, gentle, and easie to be entreated, full of mercie and good fruites, without iudgyng, without simulation:

Similar Verses (AI)

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  • Exod 23:5-8
    4 verses
    87%

    5If thou see the asse of him that hateth thee sincke vnder his burthen, thou shalt not passe by and let him alone, but shalt helpe hym to lyft hym vp agayne.

    6Thou shalt not hinder the right of thy poore in his suite.

    7Kepe thee farre from a false matter, and the innocent and righteous see thou slay not: for I wyll not iustifie the wicked.

    8Thou shalt take no gyftes: for gyftes blinde the seyng, and peruert the wordes of the righteous.

  • Lev 19:14-15
    2 verses
    81%

    14Thou shalt not despise the deafe, neither put a stumblyng blocke before the blynde, but shalt feare thy God: I am the Lorde.

    15Ye shall do no vnrighteousnesse in iudgement, thou shalt not fauour the person poore, nor honour the person mightie, but in righteousnes shalt thou iudge thy neighbour.

  • Exod 23:1-2
    2 verses
    79%

    1Thou shalt not haue to do with any false report, neither shalt thou put thine hand with the wicked, to be an vnrighteous witnesse.

    2Thou shalt not folow a multitude to do euill, neither shalt thou speake in a matter of iustice according to the greater number, for to peruert iudgement.

  • 19Wrest not thou the lawe, nor knowe any person, neither take any rewarde: for giftes do blinde the eyes of the wise, & peruert the wordes of the righteous.

  • 17Thou shalt not peruert the ryght of the strauger, nor of the fatherlesse, nor take a wydowes rayment to pledge:

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    22Rob not the poore, because he is poore: and oppresse not the simple in iudgement:

    23For the Lorde him selfe wyll defende their cause, and do violence vnto them that haue vsed violence.

  • 5It is not good to regarde the person of the vngodly, to ouerthrowe the righteous in iudgement.

  • 23It is not good to haue respect of any person in iudgement.

  • 17Ye shall haue no respect of any person in iudgement, but you shall heare the small aswell as the great: You shall not feare the face of any man, for the iudgement is Gods. And the cause that is to harde for you, referre it vnto me, and I wyll heare it.

  • 3Iudge ryght vnto the poore and fatherlesse: dispatch according to iustice suche as be afflicted and in necessitie.

  • 25If thou lende money to any of my people that is poore by thee, thou shalt not be as a tiraunt vnto him, neither shalt thou lay vpon him vsurie.

  • 6But ye haue despised the poore. Do not riche men oppresse you by tirannie, and drawe you before the iudgementes seates?

  • 19God hath no respect vnto the persons of the lordly, and regardeth not the riche more then the poore: for they be al the worke of his handes.

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    14Thou shalt not oppresse an hyred seruaunt that is needie and poore, whether he be of thy brethre, or of the straungers that are in thy lande within thy gates:

    15But shalt geue him his hyre the same day, & let not the sunne go downe theron, for he is needie, and therwith sustayneth his life: lest he crye against thee vnto the Lorde, and it be sinne vnto thee.

  • 9Open thy mouth, defende the thyng that is lawfull and ryght, and the cause of the poore and helpelesse.

  • 12Furthermore, if it be a poore body, thou shalt not sleepe with his pledge:

  • 21To haue respect of persons in iudgement is not good, for that man wyll do wrong, yea euen for a peece of bread.

  • Lam 3:35-36
    2 verses
    72%

    35To moue the iudgement of man before the most highest,

    36To condemne a man in his cause: the Lord hath not pleasure in such thinges.

  • 31He that doth a poore man wrong, blasphemeth his maker: but who so honoureth him, hath pitie on the poore.

  • Prov 3:30-31
    2 verses
    72%

    30Striue not with any man without a cause, where as he hath done thee no harme.

    31Folowe not a wicked man, and chose none of his wayes:

  • 3One poore man oppressing another by violence, is like a raging rayne that destroyeth the fruite.

  • 10Do the wydow, the fatherlesse, the straungers and poore no wrong, and let no man imagine euil against his brother in his heart.

  • 7The righteous considereth the cause of the poore: but the vngodly regardeth no vnderstandyng.

  • 16Who so doth a poore man wrong, to increase his owne riches and geueth vnto the ryche, at the last commeth to pouertie hym selfe.

  • 7If one of thy brethren among you be poore within any of thy gates in thy lande which the Lorde thy God geueth thee: thou shalt not harden thine heart, nor shut to thine hande from thy poore brother:

  • 6Put not foorth thy selfe in the presence of the king, and preasse not into the place of great men:

  • 8Thou shalt not consent vnto hym, nor hearken vnto hym, thyne eye shall not pitie hym, neither shalt thou haue compassion on hym, nor kepe hym secrete:

  • 22Ye shall trouble no wydowe nor fatherlesse chylde.

  • 3And ye haue a respect to hym that weareth the gay clothyng, and say vnto hym, sitte thou here in a good place: & say vnto the poore, stande thou there, or sitte here vnder my footestoole:

  • 2Where thorowe the poore are put from their right, and my seelie people robbed of iudgement, that wydowes may be their pray, and that they may rob the fatherlesse.

  • 23The poore prayeth meekely: but the riche geueth a rough aunswere.

  • 19Cursed be he that hindreth the ryght of the straunger, fatherlesse, and widdowe: & all the people shall say, Amen.

  • 10He shall punishe you, and reproue you, if ye do secretly accept any person.

  • 10Remoue not the olde lande marke, and come not within the fielde of the fatherlesse:

  • 6As for the vngodly he shall not preserue him, but shall helpe the poore to their right.

  • 2Saying: There was in a certayne citie, a iudge, whiche feared not God, neither regarded man.

  • 10Accuse not a seruaunt vnto his maister, lest he speake euyll of thee, and thou be hurt.

  • 20The poore is hated euen of his owne neyghbours: but the riche hath many frendes.

  • 11Forasmuch then as your treading is vpon the poore, and ye take from hym burdens of wheate: ye haue buylt houses of hewen stone, but ye shall not dwell in them: ye haue planted pleasaunt vineyardes, but ye shall not drinke wine of them.

  • 11The lande shall neuer be without poore: and therfore I comaunde thee, saying, Thou shalt open thine hande vnto thy brother that is needy & poore in thy lande.

  • 27He that geueth vnto the poore shall not lacke: but he that hydeth his eyes from them, shall haue many a curse.