Exodus Chapter 23 verse 6 Holy Bible
Thou shalt not wrest the justice `due' to thy poor in his cause.
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Let no wrong decisions be given in the poor man's cause.
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Thou shalt not pervert the judgment of thy poor in his cause.
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Thou shalt not wrest the judgment of thy poor in his cause.
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Thou shalt not wrest the judgment of thy poor in his cause.
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"You shall not deny justice to your poor people in their lawsuits.
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`Thou dost not turn aside the judgment of thy needy one in his strife;
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Pulpit Commentary
Pulpit CommentaryVerse 6. - As in verse 3 men were warned not to favour the poor unduly in courts of justice out of compassion for them, so here there is a warning against the opposite, and far more usual error, of leaning against the poor man in our evidence or in our decisions The scales of justice are to be held even; strict right is to be done; our feelings are not be allowed to influence us, much less our class prejudices.
Ellicott's Commentary
Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers(6) Thou shalt not wrest the judgment of thy poor.--If we are not to favour the poor man in a court of justice on account of his poverty (Exodus 23:3), much less are we to treat him with disfavour. (Comp. Deuteronomy 24:17; Deuteronomy 27:19; Jeremiah 5:28, &c.)
