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Exodus 23:6

Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version

Thou shalt not go aside in the poor man's judgment.

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And I will come to you in judgment, and will be a speedy witness against sorcerers, and adulterers, and false swearers, and them that oppress the hireling in his wages; the widows, and the fatherless: and oppress the stranger, and have not feared me, saith the Lord of hosts.

They are grown gross and fat: and have most wickedly transgressed my words. They have not judged the cause of the widow, they have not managed the cause of the fatherless, they have not judged the judgement of the poor.

Moreover there is the king that reigneth over all the land subject to him.

Cursed be he that perverteth the judgment of the stranger, of the fatherless and the widow. And all the people shall say: Amen.

And not go aside to either part. Thou shalt not accept person nor gifts: for gifts blind the eyes of the wise, and change the words of the just.

Thou shalt not do that which is unjust, nor judge unjustly. Respect not the person of the poor: nor honour the countenance of the mighty. But judge thy neighbour according to justice.

If you oppress not the stranger, the fatherless, and the widow, and shed not innocent blood in this place, and walk not after strange gods to your own hurt:

All of these princes go out of the way, they walk deceitfully, they are brass and iron, they are all corrupted.

If I have despised to abide judgment with my man-servant, or my maid-servant, when they had any controversy against me:

Let the fear of the Lord be with you, and do all things with diligence. For there is no iniquity with the Lord our God, nor respect of persons, nor desire of gifts.

And his sons walked not in his ways: but they turned aside after lucre, and took bribes, and perverted judgment.

It is not good to accept the person of the wicked, to decline from the truth of judgment.

Do no violence to the poor, because he is poor: and do not oppress the needy in the gate:

And lest they drink and forget judgments, and pervert the cause of the children of the poor.

That justify the wicked for gifts, and take away the justice of the just from him.




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