Exodus 23:3

Exodus chapter 23 · verse 3 in three public-domain English translations with cross-references

Parallel translations

World English Bible · 2000

neither shalt thou favor a poor man in his cause.

King James Version · 1611

Neither shalt thou countenance a poor man in his cause.

American Standard Version · 1901

neither shalt thou favor a poor man in his cause.

v.2Thou shalt not follow a multitude to do evil; neither shalt thou speak in a cause to turn aside after a multitude to wrest justice:

v.3This passage

v.4If thou meet thine enemy’s ox or his ass going astray, thou shalt surely bring it back to him again.

Related passages from across Scripture, drawn from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

James 3:17
But the wisdom that is from above is first pure, then peaceable, gentle, easy to be entreated, full of mercy and good fruits, without variance, without hypocrisy.
Deuteronomy 1:17
Ye shall not respect persons in judgment; ye shall hear the small and the great alike; ye shall not be afraid of the face of man; for the judgment is God’s: and the cause that is too hard for you ye shall bring unto me, and I will hear it.
Leviticus 19:15
Ye shall do no unrighteousness in judgment: thou shalt not respect the person of the poor, nor honor the person of the mighty; but in righteousness shalt thou judge thy neighbor.
Psalms 82:2
How long will ye judge unjustly, And respect the persons of the wicked? [Selah