King James Version (KJV) Authorized Version 1611
Read Full Chapter (Exodus 23) Exodus 23:6-9 KJV
"Thou shalt not wrest the judgment of thy poor in his cause. Keep thee far from a false matter; and the innocent and righteous slay thou not: for I will not justify the wicked. And thou shalt take no gift: for the gift blindeth the wise, and perverteth the words of the righteous. Also thou shalt not oppress a stranger: for ye know the heart of a stranger, seeing ye were strangers in the land of Egypt."
Exodus 23:6-9 in Context (Verses 3–12 KJV)
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¶ Neither shalt thou countenance a poor man in his cause.
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¶ If thou meet thine enemy’s ox or his ass going astray, thou shalt surely bring it back to him again.
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If thou see the ass of him that hateth thee lying under his burden, and wouldest forbear to help him, thou shalt surely help with him.*
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Thou shalt not wrest the judgment of thy poor in his cause.
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Keep thee far from a false matter; and the innocent and righteous slay thou not: for I will not justify the wicked.
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¶ And thou shalt take no gift: for the gift blindeth the wise, and perverteth the words of the righteous.*
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¶ Also thou shalt not oppress a stranger: for ye know the heart of a stranger, seeing ye were strangers in the land of Egypt.*
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And six years thou shalt sow thy land, and shalt gather in the fruits thereof:
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But the seventh year thou shalt let it rest and lie still; that the poor of thy people may eat: and what they leave the beasts of the field shall eat. In like manner thou shalt deal with thy vineyard, and with thy oliveyard.*
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Six days thou shalt do thy work, and on the seventh day thou shalt rest: that thine ox and thine ass may rest, and the son of thy handmaid, and the stranger, may be refreshed.