Exodus 23:6
"Thou shalt not wrest the judgment of thy poor in his cause."
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- 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 that oppress the hireling in his wages, the widow, and the fatherless, and that turn aside the stranger from his right, and fear not me, saith the LORD of hosts."
Read in chapter → - Jeremiah 5:28
"They are waxen fat, they shine: yea, they overpass the deeds of the wicked: they judge not the cause, the cause of the fatherless, yet they prosper; and the right of the needy do they not judge."
Read in chapter → - Exodus 23:2
"Thou shalt not follow a multitude to do evil; neither shalt thou speak in a cause to decline after many to wrest judgment:"
Read in chapter → - Leviticus 19:15
"Ye shall do no unrighteousness in judgment: thou shalt not respect the person of the poor, nor honour the person of the mighty: but in righteousness shalt thou judge thy neighbour."
Read in chapter → - Deuteronomy 27:19
"Cursed be he that perverteth the judgment of the stranger, fatherless, and widow. And all the people shall say, Amen."
Read in chapter → - Isaiah 10:1
"Woe unto them that decree unrighteous decrees, and that write grievousness which they have prescribed;"
Read in chapter → - James 2:5
"Hearken, my beloved brethren, Hath not God chosen the poor of this world rich in faith, and heirs of the kingdom which he hath promised to them that love him?"
Read in chapter → - Ecclesiastes 5:8
"If thou seest the oppression of the poor, and violent perverting of judgment and justice in a province, marvel not at the matter: for he that is higher than the highest regardeth; and there be higher than they."
Read in chapter → - Deuteronomy 16:19
"Thou shalt not wrest judgment; thou shalt not respect persons, neither take a gift: for a gift doth blind the eyes of the wise, and pervert the words of the righteous."
Read in chapter → - Amos 5:11
"Forasmuch therefore as your treading is upon the poor, and ye take from him burdens of wheat: ye have built houses of hewn stone, but ye shall not dwell in them; ye have planted pleasant vineyards, but ye shall not drink wine of them."
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