Exodus 23:3 - New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition 2021

nor shall you be partial to the poor in a lawsuit.

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

neither shalt thou countenance a poor man in his cause.

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

Neither shall you be partial to a poor man in his trial [just because he is poor].

American Standard Version (1901)

neither shalt thou favor a poor man in his cause.

Common English Bible

But don’t privilege unimportant people in their lawsuits either.

Catholic Public Domain Version

Likewise, you shall not show pity in judgment of the poor.

Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version

Neither shalt thou favour a poor man in judgment.

Exodus 23:3 Cross References

Exodus 23:6

“You shall not pervert the justice due to your poor in their lawsuits.

Proverbs 18:5

It is not right to be partial to the guilty or to subvert the innocent in judgment.

Proverbs 22:22

Do not rob the poor because they are poor or crush the afflicted at the gate,

Isaiah 10:1

Woe to those who make iniquitous decrees, who write oppressive statutes,

Leviticus 19:15

“You shall not render an unjust judgment; you shall not be partial to the poor or defer to the great: with justice you shall judge your neighbor.

Amos 5:12

For I know how many are your transgressions and how great are your sins— you who afflict the righteous, who take a bribe and push aside the needy in the gate.

Deuteronomy 1:17

You must not be partial in judging: hear out the small and the great alike; you shall not be intimidated by anyone, for the judgment is God’s. Any case that is too hard for you, bring to me, and I will hear it.’

Deuteronomy 16:19

You must not distort justice; you must not show partiality; and you must not accept a bribe, for a bribe blinds the eyes of the wise and subverts the cause of those who are in the right.

James 3:17

But the wisdom from above is first pure, then peaceable, gentle, willing to yield, full of mercy and good fruits, without a trace of partiality or hypocrisy.