You shall not wrest the judgment of your poor in his cause. Treasury of Scripture Exodus 23:2,3 You shall not follow a multitude to do evil; neither shall you speak in a cause to decline after many to wrest judgment... Deuteronomy 16:19 You shall not wrest judgment; you shall not respect persons, neither take a gift: for a gift does blind the eyes of the wise... Deuteronomy 27:19 Cursed be he that perverts the judgment of the stranger, fatherless, and widow. And all the people shall say, Amen. 2 Chronicles 19:7 Why now let the fear of the LORD be on you; take heed and do it: for there is no iniquity with the LORD our God, nor respect of persons... Job 31:13,21,22 If I did despise the cause of my manservant or of my maidservant, when they contended with me... Psalm 82:3,4 Defend the poor and fatherless: do justice to the afflicted and needy... Ecclesiastes 5:8 If you see the oppression of the poor, and violent perverting of judgment and justice in a province, marvel not at the matter... Isaiah 10:1,2 Woe to them that decree unrighteous decrees, and that write grievousness which they have prescribed... Jeremiah 5:28 They are waxen fat, they shine: yes, they overpass the deeds of the wicked: they judge not the cause, the cause of the fatherless... Jeremiah 6:28 They are all grievous rebels, walking with slanders: they are brass and iron; they are all corrupters. Jeremiah 7:6 If you oppress not the stranger, the fatherless, and the widow, and shed not innocent blood in this place... Amos 5:11,12 For as much therefore as your treading is on the poor, and you take from him burdens of wheat: you have built houses of hewn stone... Micah 3:1-4 And I said, Hear, I pray you, O heads of Jacob, and you princes of the house of Israel; Is it not for you to know judgment... Zephaniah 3:1-4 Woe to her that is filthy and polluted, to the oppressing city!... Malachi 3:5 And I will come near to you to judgment; and I will be a swift witness against the sorcerers, and against the adulterers... James 2:5,6 Listen, my beloved brothers, Has not God chosen the poor of this world rich in faith...
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