Exodus 23:3 KJV — MannaFest

Exodus 23:3

Neither shalt thou countenance a poor man in his cause.

KJV

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DBT

Neither shalt thou favour a poor man in his cause.

ASV

neither shalt thou favor a poor man in his cause.

WEB

And do not show favoritism to a poor man in his lawsuit.

YLT

and a poor man thou dost not honour in his strife.

About this book

Old Testament

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Exodus — Deliverance, covenant, presence. A slave-people redeemed from Egypt, brought to Sinai, and given a tabernacle so that God might dwell among them.

Author: Moses — traditional attribution; internal narrator identifies Moses as recorder (17:14, 24:4, 34:27)
Date: 15th or 13th century BC, depending on chronology of the exodus

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6 verses on the floor

James 3:17
But the wisdom that is from above is first pure, then peaceable, gentle, and easy to be intreated, full of mercy and good fruits, without partiality, and without hypocrisy.
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.
Psalms 82:2–3
How long will ye judge unjustly, and accept the persons of the wicked? Selah.
Deuteronomy 1:17
Ye shall not respect persons in judgment; but ye shall hear the small as well as the great; 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, bring it unto me, and I will hear it.
Isaiah 56:11
Yea, they are greedy dogs which can never have enough, and they are shepherds that cannot understand: they all look to their own way, every one for his gain, from his quarter.

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1 Corinthians 15:15

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(3.) Neither must they pervert judgment in prejudice to a poor man, nor suffer him to be wronged because he had not wherewithal to right himself; in such cases the judges themselves must become advocates for the poor, as far as their cause was good and honest (

Matthew Henry· Commentary on the Whole Bible, 1710puritan

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EXO 23:3JAS 3:17 GAL 5:22-23
EXO 23:3JAS 3:17 PRO 2:6
EXO 23:3JAS 3:17 1CO 13:4-7
EXO 23:3JAS 3:17 JAS 3:15
EXO 23:3JAS 3:17 ROM 12:9
EXO 23:3LEV 19:15 PRO 24:23
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EXO 23:3LEV 19:15 DEU 1:17
EXO 23:3LEV 19:15 DEU 27:19

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