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Exodus 23:6

World English Bible

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

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Exodus 23:6 in other translations

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

Exodus 23:6 · American Standard Version

Exodus 23:6 in context

  1. 4“If you meet your enemy’s ox or his donkey going astray, you shall surely bring it back to him again.
  2. 5If you see the donkey of him who hates you fallen down under his burden, don’t leave him. You shall surely help him with it.
  3. 6“You shall not deny justice to your poor people in their lawsuits.
  4. 7“Keep far from a false charge, and don’t kill the innocent and righteous; for I will not justify the wicked.
  5. 8“You shall take no bribe, for a bribe blinds those who have sight and perverts the words of the righteous.