Exodus 23:3

Geneva Bible (1560)

Thou shalt not esteeme a poore man in his cause.

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Referenced Verses

  • Lev 19:15 : 15 Ye shall not doe vniustly in iudgement. Thou shalt not fauour the person of the poore, nor honour the person of the mightie, but thou shalt iudge thy neighbour iustly.
  • Deut 1:17 : 17 Ye shal haue no respect of person in iudgement, but shall heare the small aswell as the great: yee shall not feare the face of man: for the iudgemet is Gods: and the cause that is too hard for you, bring vnto me, and I will heare it.
  • Ps 82:2-3 : 2 How long wil ye iudge vniustly, and accept the persons of the wicked? Selah. 3 Doe right to the poore and fatherlesse: doe iustice to the poore and needie.
  • Jas 3:17 : 17 But the wisedome that is from aboue, is first pure, then peaceable, gentle, easie to be intreated, full of mercie & good fruites, without iudging, and without hipocrisie.

Similar Verses (AI)

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

  • Exod 23:5-8
    4 verses
    87%

    5If thou see thine enemies asse lying vnder his burden, wilt thou cease to helpe him? Thou shalt helpe him vp againe with it.

    6Thou shalt not ouerthrowe the right of thy poore in his sute.

    7Thou shalt keepe thee farre fro a false matter, and shalt not slaye the innocent and the righteous: for I will not iustifie a wicked man.

    8Thou shalt take no gift: for the gift blindeth the wise, and peruerteth the wordes of the righteous.

  • Lev 19:14-15
    2 verses
    81%

    14Thou shalt not curse the deafe, neither put a stumbling blocke before the blinde, but shalt feare thy God: I am the Lord.

    15Ye shall not doe vniustly in iudgement. Thou shalt not fauour the person of the poore, nor honour the person of the mightie, but thou shalt iudge thy neighbour iustly.

  • Exod 23:1-2
    2 verses
    79%

    1Thou shalt not receiue a false tale, neyther shalt thou put thine hande with the wicked, to be a false witnes.

    2Thou shalt not followe a multitude to do euil, neither agree in a controuersie to decline after many and ouerthrowe the trueth.

  • Deut 16:19
    76%

    19Wrest not thou ye Law, nor respect any person, neither take rewarde: for the reward blindeth ye eyes of the wise, & peruerteth ye worde of ye iust.

  • Deut 24:17
    76%

    17Thou shalt not peruert the right of the stranger, nor of the fatherlesse, nor take a widowes rayment to pledge.

  • Prov 22:22-23
    2 verses
    75%

    22Robbe not the poore, because hee is poore, neither oppresse the afflicted in iudgement.

    23For the Lord will defende their cause, and spoyle the soule of those that spoyle them.

  • Prov 18:5
    74%

    5It is not good to accept the person of the wicked, to cause ye righteous to fall in iudgement.

  • Prov 24:23
    74%

    23Also these things perteine to the wise, It is not good to haue respect of any person in iudgement.

  • Deut 1:17
    74%

    17Ye shal haue no respect of person in iudgement, but shall heare the small aswell as the great: yee shall not feare the face of man: for the iudgemet is Gods: and the cause that is too hard for you, bring vnto me, and I will heare it.

  • Ps 82:3
    73%

    3Doe right to the poore and fatherlesse: doe iustice to the poore and needie.

  • Exod 22:25
    73%

    25If thou lende money to my people, that is, to the poore with thee, thou shalt not bee as an vsurer vnto him: yee shall not oppresse him with vsurie.

  • Jas 2:6
    73%

    6But ye haue despised the poore. Doe not the riche oppresse you by tyrannie, and doe not they drawe you before the iudgement seates?

  • Job 34:19
    73%

    19How much lesse to him that accepteth not the persons of princes, & regardeth not the rich, more then the poore? for they be all the worke of his handes.

  • Deut 24:14-15
    2 verses
    73%

    14Thou shalt not oppresse an hyred seruant that is needie and poore, neyther of thy brethren, nor of the stranger that is in thy land within thy gates.

    15Thou shalt giue him his hire for his day, neither shall the sunne goe downe vpon it: for he is poore, and therewith susteineth his life: lest he crye against thee vnto the Lorde, and it be sinne vnto thee.

  • Prov 31:9
    73%

    9Open thy mouth: iudge righteously, and iudge the afflicted, and the poore.

  • Deut 24:12
    73%

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

  • Prov 28:21
    72%

    21To haue respect of persons is not good: for that man will transgresse for a piece of bread.

  • Lam 3:35-36
    2 verses
    72%

    35In ouerthrowing the right of a man before the face of the most high,

    36In subuerting a man in his cause: the Lord seeth it not.

  • Prov 14:31
    72%

    31He that oppresseth the poore, reprooueth him that made him: but hee honoureth him, that hath mercie on the poore.

  • Prov 3:30-31
    2 verses
    72%

    30Striue not with a man causelesse, when he hath done thee no harme.

    31Bee not enuious for the wicked man, neither chuse any of his wayes.

  • Prov 28:3
    72%

    3A poore man, if he oppresse the poore, is like a raging raine, that leaueth no foode.

  • Zech 7:10
    72%

    10And oppresse not the widowe, nor the fatherles, the stranger nor the poore, & let none of you imagine euil against his brother in your heart.

  • Prov 29:7
    71%

    7The righteous knoweth the cause of the poore: but the wicked regardeth not knowledge.

  • Prov 22:16
    71%

    16Hee that oppresseth the poore to increase him selfe, and giueth vnto the riche, shall surely come to pouertie.

  • Deut 15:7
    71%

    7If one of thy brethren with thee be poore within any of thy gates in thy land, which the Lord thy God giueth thee, thou shalt not harden thine heart, nor shut thine hand from thy poore brother:

  • Prov 25:6
    71%

    6Boast not thy selfe before the King, and stand not in the place of great men.

  • Deut 13:8
    71%

    8Thou shalt not cosent vnto him, nor heare him, neither shall thine eye pitie him, nor shewe mercie, nor keepe him secret:

  • Exod 22:22
    70%

    22Ye shall not trouble any widowe, nor fatherlesse childe.

  • Jas 2:3
    70%

    3And ye haue a respect to him that weareth the gaie clothing; and say vnto him, Sit thou here in a goodly place, and say vnto the poore, Stand thou there, or sit here vnder my footestoole,

  • Isa 10:2
    70%

    2To keepe backe ye poore from iudgement, and to take away the iudgement of the poore of my people, that widowes may be their pray, and that they may spoyle the fatherlesse.

  • Prov 18:23
    70%

    23The poore speaketh with prayers: but the rich answereth roughly.

  • Deut 27:19
    70%

    19Cursed be he that hindreth the right of the stranger, the fatherles, and the widow: And all the people shal say: So be it.

  • Job 13:10
    70%

    10He will surely reprooue you, if ye doe secretly accept any person.

  • Prov 23:10
    70%

    10Remooue not the ancient boundes, and enter not into the fieldes of the fatherlesse.

  • Job 36:6
    70%

    6He mainteineth not the wicked, but he giueth iudgement to the afflicted.

  • Luke 18:2
    70%

    2Saying, There was a iudge in a certaine citie, which feared not God, neither reuereced man.

  • Prov 30:10
    70%

    10Accuse not a seruant vnto his master, lest he curse thee, when thou hast offended.

  • Prov 14:20
    70%

    20The poore is hated euen of his own neighbour: but the friendes of the rich are many.

  • Amos 5:11
    70%

    11Forasmuch then as your treading is vpon the poore, and yee take from him burdens of wheate, ye haue built houses of hewen stone, but ye shal not dwel in them: ye haue plated pleasant vineyards, but ye shal not drinke wine of them.

  • Deut 15:11
    70%

    11Because there shall be euer some poore in the land, therefore I command thee, saying, Thou shalt open thine hand vnto thy brother, to thy needie, and to thy poore in thy land.

  • Prov 28:27
    70%

    27He that giueth vnto the poore, shall not lacke: but he that hideth his eyes, shall haue many curses.