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Exodus 23:6

American Standard Version

Thou shalt not wrest the justice due to thy poor in his cause.

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Exodus 23:6 in other translations

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

Exodus 23:6 · World English Bible

Exodus 23:6 in context

  1. 4If thou meet thine enemy’s ox or his ass going astray, thou shalt surely bring it back to him again.
  2. 5If thou see the ass of him that hateth thee lying under his burden, thou shalt forbear to leave him, thou shalt surely release it with him.
  3. 6Thou shalt not wrest the justice due to thy poor in his cause.
  4. 7Keep thee far from a false matter; and the innocent and righteous slay thou not: for I will not justify the wicked.
  5. 8And thou shalt take no bribe: for a bribe blindeth them that have sight, and perverteth the words of the righteous.