Exodus 23:6

Lighthouse Bible 2006

You shall not bend the judgment of your poor in his cause.

Cross References

2 Chronicles 19:7

Therefore now let the fear of the LORD be upon you; be careful and do it: for there is no iniquity with the LORD our God, nor respect of persons, nor taking of bribes.

Job 31:13

If I despised the cause of my manservant or of my maidservant, when they contended with me;

Proverbs 18:5

It is not good to favor the person of the wicked, to overthrow the righteous in judgment.

Proverbs 22:22

Do not rob the poor, because he is poor: neither oppress the afflicted in the gate:

Proverbs 31:5

Lest they drink, and forget the law, and pervert the judgment of any of the afflicted.

Ecclesiastes 5:8

If you see the oppression of the poor, and violent perverting of judgment and justice in a province, do not marvel at the matter: for he that is higher than the highest regards it; and there is one higher than they.

Isaiah 5:23

Who justify the wicked for reward, and take away the righteousness of the righteous from him!

Jeremiah 5:28

They have become fat, they glisten: yea, they exceed the deeds of the wicked: they do not judge the cause, the cause of the fatherless, yet they prosper; and the right of the needy do they not judge.

Jeremiah 6:28

They are all flagrant rebels, walking with slanders: they are brass and iron; they are all corrupters.

Jeremiah 7:6

If you oppress not the stranger, the fatherless, and the widow, and shed not innocent blood in this place, neither walk after other gods to your hurt:

Leviticus 19:15

You shall do no unrighteousness in judgment: you shall not favor the person of the poor, nor honor the person of the mighty: but in righteousness shall you judge your neighbor.

Malachi 3:5

And I will come near to you to judgment; and I will be a swift witness against the sorcerers, and against the adulterers, and against false swearers, and against those who oppress the hireling in his wages, the widow, and the fatherless, and who turn aside the stranger from his right, and do not fear me, says the LORD of hosts.

Deuteronomy 16:19

You shall not pervert judgment; you shall not favor any person, neither take a bribe: for a bribe blinds the eyes of the wise, and perverts the words of the righteous.

Deuteronomy 27:19

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

1 Samuel 8:3

And his sons did not walk in his ways, but turned aside after money, and took bribes, and perverted judgment.