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Exodus 23

Ex. 23:6 KJV (With Strong’s)

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Thou shalt not wrest
natah (Hebrew #5186)
to stretch or spread out; by implication, to bend away (including moral deflection); used in a great variety of application (as follows)
KJV usage: + afternoon, apply, bow (down, - ing), carry aside, decline, deliver, extend, go down, be gone, incline, intend, lay, let down, offer, outstretched, overthrown, pervert, pitch, prolong, put away, shew, spread (out), stretch (forth, out), take (aside), turn (aside, away), wrest, cause to yield.
Pronounce: naw-taw'
Origin: a primitive root
the judgment
mishpat (Hebrew #4941)
properly, a verdict (favorable or unfavorable) pronounced judicially, especially a sentence or formal decree (human or (participant's) divine law, individual or collective), including the act, the place, the suit, the crime, and the penalty; abstractly, justice, including a participant's right or privilege (statutory or customary), or even a style
KJV usage: + adversary, ceremony, charge, X crime, custom, desert, determination, discretion, disposing, due, fashion, form, to be judged, judgment, just(-ice, -ly), (manner of) law(-ful), manner, measure, (due) order, ordinance, right, sentence, usest, X worthy, + wrong.
Pronounce: mish-pawt'
Origin: from 8199
of thy poor
'ebyown (Hebrew #34)
destitute
KJV usage: beggar, needy, poor (man).
Pronounce: eb-yone'
Origin: from 14, in the sense of want (especially in feeling)
j in his cause
riyb (Hebrew #7379)
from 7378; a contest (personal or legal)
KJV usage: + adversary, cause, chiding, contend(-tion), controversy, multitude (from the margin), pleading, strife, strive(-ing), suit.
Pronounce: reeb
Origin: or rib {reeb}
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Ex. 23:3• 3Neither shalt thou favour a poor man in his cause. (Ex. 23:3)

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Cross References

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Ex. 23:2‑3• 2Thou shalt not follow the multitude for evil; neither shalt thou answer in a cause, to go after the multitude to pervert judgment.
 3Neither shalt thou favour a poor man in his cause. (Ex. 23:2‑3)
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Deut. 16:19• 19Thou shalt not wrest judgment; thou shalt not respect persons, neither take a bribe; for the bribe blindeth the eyes of the wise, and perverteth the words of the righteous. (Deut. 16:19)
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Deut. 27:19• 19Cursed be he that perverteth the judgment of the stranger, fatherless, and widow! And all the people shall say, Amen. (Deut. 27:19)
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2 Chron. 19:7• 7And now, let the terror of Jehovah be upon you; be careful what ye do, for there is no iniquity with Jehovah, nor respect of persons, nor taking of presents. (2 Chron. 19:7)
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Job 31:13,21‑22• 13If I have despised the cause of my bondman or of my bondmaid, when they contended with me,
 21If I have lifted up my hand against an orphan, because I saw my help in the gate:
 22Then let my shoulder fall from the shoulder-blade, and mine arm be broken from the bone! (Job 31:13,21‑22)
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Psa. 82:3‑4• 3Judge the poor and the fatherless, do justice to the afflicted and the destitute;
 4Rescue the poor and needy, deliver them out of the hand of the wicked. (Psa. 82:3‑4)
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Eccl. 5:8• 8If thou seest the oppression of the poor, and violent perverting of judgment and justice in a province, marvel not at the matter; for a higher than the high is watching, and there are higher than they. (Eccl. 5:8)
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Isa. 10:1‑2• 1Woe unto them that decree iniquitous decrees, and to the writers that prescribe oppression,
 2to turn away the poor from judgment, and to take away the right from the afflicted of my people; that widows may be their prey, and that they may rob the fatherless! (Isa. 10:1‑2)
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Jer. 5:28• 28They are become fat, they shine, yea, they surpass in deeds of wickedness; they judge not the cause, the cause of the fatherless, and they prosper; and the right of the needy do they not adjudge. (Jer. 5:28)
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Jer. 6:28• 28They are all the most rebellious of rebels, going about with slander: they are bronze and iron; they are all corrupters. (Jer. 6:28)
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Jer. 7:6• 6if ye oppress not the stranger, the fatherless, and the widow, and shed no innocent blood in this place, neither walk after other gods to your hurt; (Jer. 7:6)
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Amos 5:11‑12• 11Forasmuch, therefore, as ye trample upon the poor, and take from him presents of wheat: ye have built houses of hewn stone, but ye shall not dwell in them; ye have planted pleasant vineyards, and ye shall not drink the wine of them.
 12For I know how manifold are your transgressions and your sins mighty: they afflict the just, they take a bribe, and they turn aside the right of the needy in the gate. (Amos 5:11‑12)
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Mic. 3:1‑4• 1And I said, Hear, I pray you, ye heads of Jacob, and princes of the house of Israel: Is it not for you to know judgment?
 2Ye who hate the good, and love evil; who pluck off their skin from them, and their flesh from off their bones;
 3and who eat the flesh of my people, and flay their skin from off them, and break their bones, and chop them in pieces as for the pot, and as flesh within the cauldron.
 4Then shall they cry unto Jehovah, but he will not answer them; and he will hide his face from them at that time, according as they have wrought evil in their doings. (Mic. 3:1‑4)
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Zeph. 3:1‑4• 1Woe to her that is rebellious and corrupted, to the oppressing city!
 2She hearkened not to the voice; she received not correction; she confided not in Jehovah; she drew not near her God.
 3Her princes in the midst of her are roaring lions; her judges are evening wolves, that leave nothing for the morning.
 4Her prophets are vain-glorious, treacherous persons; her priests profane the sanctuary, they do violence to the law. (Zeph. 3:1‑4)
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Mal. 3:5• 5And I will come near to you to judgment; and I will be a swift witness against the sorcerers, and against the adulterers, and against the false swearers, and against those that oppress the hired servant in his wages, the widow and the fatherless, and that turn aside the stranger from his right, and fear not me, saith Jehovah of hosts. (Mal. 3:5)
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James 2:5‑6• 5Hear, my beloved brethren: Has not God chosen the poor as to the world, rich in faith, and heirs of the kingdom, which he has promised to them that love him?
 6But *ye* have despised the poor man. Do not the rich oppress you, and do not *they* drag you before the tribunals? (James 2:5‑6)

J. N. Darby Translation

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Thou shalt not pervert the judgment of thy poor in his cause.