Exodus 23:3

King James Version with Strong's Numbers

Neither shalt thou countenance a poor man in his cause.

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King James Version with Strong's Numbers

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Referenced Verses

Lev 19:15 : 15 Ye shall do no unrighteousness in judgment: thou shalt not respect the person of the poor, nor honour the person of the mighty: but in righteousness shalt thou judge thy neighbour.
Deut 1:17 : 17 Ye shall not respect persons in judgment; but ye shall hear the small as well as the great; ye shall not be afraid of the face of man; for the judgment is God's: and the cause that is too hard for you, bring it unto me, and I will hear it.
Ps 82:2-3 : 2 How long will ye judge{H8799)} unjustly, and accept{H8799)} the persons of the wicked? Selah. 3 Defend{H8798)} the poor and fatherless: do justice{H8685)} to the afflicted and needy{H8802)}.
Jas 3:17 : 17 But the wisdom that is from above is first pure, then peaceable, gentle, and easy to be intreated, full of mercy and good fruits, without partiality, and without hypocrisy.

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 the ass of him that hateth thee lying under his burden, and wouldest forbear to help him, thou shalt surely help with him.
6Thou shalt not wrest the judgment of thy poor in his cause.
7Keep thee far from a false matter; and the innocent and righteous slay thou not: for I will not justify the wicked.
8And thou shalt take no gift: for the gift blindeth the wise, and perverteth the words of the righteous.
Lev 19:14-15
2 verses
81%
14Thou shalt not curse the deaf, nor put a stumblingblock before the blind, but shalt fear thy God: I am the LORD.
15Ye shall do no unrighteousness in judgment: thou shalt not respect the person of the poor, nor honour the person of the mighty: but in righteousness shalt thou judge thy neighbour.
Exod 23:1-2
2 verses
79%
1Thou shalt not raise a false report: put not thine hand with the wicked to be an unrighteous witness.
2Thou shalt not follow a multitude to do evil; neither shalt thou speak in a cause to decline after many to wrest judgment:
Deut 16:19
76%
19Thou shalt not wrest judgment; thou shalt not respect persons, neither take a gift: for a gift doth blind the eyes of the wise, and pervert the words of the righteous.
Deut 24:17
76%
17Thou shalt not pervert the judgment of the stranger, nor of the fatherless; nor take a widow's raiment to pledge:
Prov 22:22-23
2 verses
75%
22Rob not the poor, because he is poor: neither oppress the afflicted in the gate:
23For the LORD will plead their cause, and spoil the soul of those that spoiled them.
Prov 18:5
74%
5It is not good to accept the person of the wicked, to overthrow the righteous in judgment.
Prov 24:23
74%
23These things also belong to the wise. It is not good to have respect of persons in judgment.
Deut 1:17
74%
17Ye shall not respect persons in judgment; but ye shall hear the small as well as the great; ye shall not be afraid of the face of man; for the judgment is God's: and the cause that is too hard for you, bring it unto me, and I will hear it.
Ps 82:3
73%
3Defend{H8798)} the poor and fatherless: do justice{H8685)} to the afflicted and needy{H8802)}.
Exod 22:25
73%
25If thou lend money to any of my people that is poor by thee, thou shalt not be to him as an usurer, neither shalt thou lay upon him usury.
Jas 2:6
73%
6But ye have despised the poor. Do not rich men oppress you, and draw you before the judgment seats?
Job 34:19
73%
19How much less to him that accepteth not the persons of princes, nor regardeth the rich more than the poor? for they all are the work of his hands.
Deut 24:14-15
2 verses
73%
14Thou shalt not oppress an hired servant that is poor and needy, whether he be of thy brethren, or of thy strangers that are in thy land within thy gates:
15At his day thou shalt give him his hire, neither shall the sun go down upon it; for he is poor, and setteth his heart upon it: lest he cry against thee unto the LORD, and it be sin unto thee.
Prov 31:9
73%
9Open thy mouth, judge righteously, and plead the cause of the poor and needy.
Deut 24:12
73%
12And if the man be poor, thou shalt not sleep with his pledge:
Prov 28:21
72%
21To have respect of persons is not good: for for a piece of bread that man will transgress.
Lam 3:35-36
2 verses
72%
35To turn aside the right of a man before the face of the most High,
36To subvert a man in his cause, the Lord approveth not.
Prov 14:31
72%
31He that oppresseth the poor reproacheth his Maker: but he that honoureth him hath mercy on the poor.
Prov 3:30-31
2 verses
72%
30Strive not with a man without cause, if he have done thee no harm.
31Envy thou not the oppressor, and choose none of his ways.
Prov 28:3
72%
3A poor man that oppresseth the poor is like a sweeping rain which leaveth no food.
Zech 7:10
72%
10And oppress not the widow, nor the fatherless, the stranger, nor the poor; and let none of you imagine evil against his brother in your heart.
Prov 29:7
71%
7The righteous considereth the cause of the poor: but the wicked regardeth not to know it.
Prov 22:16
71%
16He that oppresseth the poor to increase his riches, and he that giveth to the rich, shall surely come to want.
Deut 15:7
71%
7If there be among you a poor man of one of thy brethren within any of thy gates in thy land which the LORD thy God giveth thee, thou shalt not harden thine heart, nor shut thine hand from thy poor brother:
Prov 25:6
71%
6Put not forth thyself in the presence of the king, and stand not in the place of great men:
Deut 13:8
71%
8Thou shalt not consent unto him, nor hearken unto him; neither shall thine eye pity him, neither shalt thou spare, neither shalt thou conceal him:
Exod 22:22
70%
22Ye shall not afflict any widow, or fatherless child.
Jas 2:3
70%
3And ye have respect to him that weareth the gay clothing, and say unto him, Sit thou here in a good place; and say to the poor, Stand thou there, or sit here under my footstool:
Isa 10:2
70%
2To turn aside the needy from judgment, and to take away the right from the poor of my people, that widows may be their prey, and that they may rob the fatherless!
Prov 18:23
70%
23The poor useth intreaties; but the rich answereth roughly.
Deut 27:19
70%
19Cursed be he that perverteth the judgment of the stranger, fatherless, and widow. And all the people shall say, Amen.
Job 13:10
70%
10He will surely reprove you, if ye do secretly accept persons.
Prov 23:10
70%
10Remove not the old landmark; and enter not into the fields of the fatherless:
Job 36:6
70%
6He preserveth not the life of the wicked: but giveth right to the poor.
Luke 18:2
70%
2Saying, There was in a city a judge, which feared not God, neither regarded man:
Prov 30:10
70%
10Accuse not a servant unto his master, lest he curse thee, and thou be found guilty.
Prov 14:20
70%
20The poor is hated even of his own neighbour: but the rich hath many friends.
Amos 5:11
70%
11Forasmuch therefore as your treading is upon the poor, and ye take from him burdens of wheat: ye have built houses of hewn stone, but ye shall not dwell in them; ye have planted pleasant vineyards, but ye shall not drink wine of them.
Deut 15:11
70%
11For the poor shall never cease out of the land: therefore I command thee, saying, Thou shalt open thine hand wide unto thy brother, to thy poor, and to thy needy, in thy land.
Prov 28:27
70%
27He that giveth unto the poor shall not lack: but he that hideth his eyes shall have many a curse.