Bible Cross References
Thou shalt not wrest the judgment of thy poor in his cause.
Exodus 23:2
You shall not follow the majority in doing evil; nor shall you testify in a dispute so as to turn aside after the majority to thrust aside justice.
Exodus 23:3
You shall not show partiality to a poor man in his dispute.
Deuteronomy 16:19
You shall not pervert justice; you shall not show partiality, nor take a bribe, for a bribe blinds the eyes of the wise and perverts the words of the righteous.
Deuteronomy 27:19
Cursed is the one who perverts the justice due the sojourner, the fatherless, and widow. And all the people shall say, Amen!
2 Chronicles 19:7
Now therefore, let the fear of Jehovah be upon you; take heed and do it, for there is no injustice with Jehovah our God, no partiality, nor taking of bribes.
Job 31:13
If I despised the cause of my male or female servant when they have a dispute with me,
Job 31:21
if I have waved my hand against the fatherless, when I was looking after my help in the gate;
Job 31:22
then let my shoulder fall from my back, and let my arm be broken from the joint.
Psalm 82:3
Defend the poor and fatherless; do justice to the afflicted and needy.
Psalm 82:4
Deliver the poor and needy; rescue them out of the hand of the wicked.
Ecclesiastes 5:8
If you see the oppression of the poor, and violent perverting of judgment and justice in a province, do not be astonished at the matter; for He who is higher than the highest watches; so there are those higher than they.
Isaiah 10:1
Woe to those who decree unrighteous decrees, and who have written and continue to write toil;
Isaiah 10:2
to thrust aside the needy from judgment, and to rob the right from the poor of My people, that widows may be their prey, and that they may plunder the orphans!
Jeremiah 5:28
They have grown fat, they gleam. Yes, they surpass the deeds of the wicked; they do not plead the cause, the cause of the fatherless, that they may get rich; and they do not judge the right of the needy.
Jeremiah 6:28
They all stubbornly rebel, walking in slanders; they are bronze and iron; they are all corrupters.
Jeremiah 7:6
if you do not oppress the sojourner, the fatherless, and the widow, and do not shed innocent blood in this place, nor walk after other gods to your hurt;
Amos 5:11
So, therefore because you trample on the poor, and you take tribute of grain from him; you have built houses of hewn stones, but you shall not dwell in them; you have planted desirable vineyards, but you shall not drink wine from them.
Amos 5:12
For I know your many transgressions, and your many sins: afflicting the just, taking bribes, and thrusting away the poor from justice in the gate.
Micah 3:1-4
1
And I said, Hear now, O heads of Jacob, and you rulers of the house of Israel; is it not for you to know justice.
2
You who hate good and love evil, who tear their skin off them, and their flesh from off their bones;
3
who also eat the flesh of My people, and flay their skin off from them; and they break their bones and chop them in pieces as for the pot, and as flesh in the kettle.
4
Then they shall cry out to Jehovah, but He will not answer them. He will even hide His face from them at that time, because they have done evil in their doings.
Zephaniah 3:1-4
1
Woe to her that is filthy and polluted, to the oppressing city!
2
She did not give heed to the voice; she did not receive correction; she did not trust in Jehovah; she did not draw near to her God.
3
Her rulers within her are roaring lions; her judges are evening wolves, that do not leave the bones till the morning.
4
Her prophets are wanton, treacherous people; her priests have profaned the sanctuary; they have done violence to the Law.
Malachi 3:5
And I will come near to you for judgment; and I will be a swift witness against the sorcerers, and against the adulterers, and against those swearing to a lie; and against those who defraud the hired laborer of his pay, and turn away the widow, and the fatherless, and the alien; and who do not fear Me, says Jehovah of Hosts.
James 2:5
Listen, my beloved brethren: Has God not chosen the poor of this world to be rich in faith and heirs of the kingdom which He promised to those who love Him?
James 2:6
But you have dishonored the poor. Do not the rich oppress you and drag you to the judgment seats?