Exodus 23:6

New International Version

“Do not deny justice to your poor people in their lawsuits.

Cross References

2 Chronicles 19:7

Now let the fear of the Lord be on you. Judge carefully, for with the Lord our God there is no injustice or partiality or bribery.”

Job 31:13

“If I have denied justice to any of my servants, whether male or female, when they had a grievance against me,

Proverbs 18:5

It is not good to be partial to the wicked and so deprive the innocent of justice.

Proverbs 22:22

Do not exploit the poor because they are poor and do not crush the needy in court,

Proverbs 31:5

lest they drink and forget what has been decreed, and deprive all the oppressed of their rights.

Ecclesiastes 5:8

If you see the poor oppressed in a district, and justice and rights denied, do not be surprised at such things; for one official is eyed by a higher one, and over them both are others higher still.

Isaiah 5:23

who acquit the guilty for a bribe, but deny justice to the innocent.

Jeremiah 5:28

and have grown fat and sleek. Their evil deeds have no limit; they do not seek justice. They do not promote the case of the fatherless; they do not defend the just cause of the poor.

Jeremiah 6:28

They are all hardened rebels, going about to slander. They are bronze and iron; they all act corruptly.

Jeremiah 7:6

if you do not oppress the foreigner, the fatherless or the widow and do not shed innocent blood in this place, and if you do not follow other gods to your own harm,

Leviticus 19:15

“ ‘Do not pervert justice; do not show partiality to the poor or favoritism to the great, but judge your neighbor fairly.

Malachi 3:5

“So I will come to put you on trial. I will be quick to testify against sorcerers, adulterers and perjurers, against those who defraud laborers of their wages, who oppress the widows and the fatherless, and deprive the foreigners among you of justice, but do not fear me,” says the Lord Almighty.

Deuteronomy 16:19

Do not pervert justice or show partiality. Do not accept a bribe, for a bribe blinds the eyes of the wise and twists the words of the innocent.

Deuteronomy 27:19

“Cursed is anyone who withholds justice from the foreigner, the fatherless or the widow.” Then all the people shall say, “Amen!”

1 Samuel 8:3

But his sons did not follow his ways. They turned aside after dishonest gain and accepted bribes and perverted justice.