Exodus 23:6-9

Laws About Social Justice

⁶ _h "You shall not pervert the justice due to your poor in his lawsuit. ⁷ _d Keep far from a false charge, and _i do not kill the innocent and righteous, for _j I will not acquit the wicked. ⁸ _k And you shall take no bribe, for a bribe blinds the clear-sighted and subverts the cause of those who are in the right.

⁹ _l "You shall not oppress a sojourner. You know the heart of a sojourner, for you were sojourners in the land of Egypt.

1. Cross References
   Deuteronomy 27:19
   "'Cursed be anyone who perverts the justice due to the sojourner, the fatherless, and the widow.' And all the people shall say, 'Amen.'
   Ecclesiastes 5:8
   If you see in a province the oppression of the poor and the violation of justice and righteousness, do not be amazed at the matter, for the high official is watched by a higher, and there are yet higher ones over them.
   Isaiah 10:1 - 2
   Woe to those who decree iniquitous decrees, and the writers who keep writing oppression.
   Jeremiah 5:28 - 29
   They have grown fat and sleek. They know no bounds in deeds of evil; they judge not with justice the cause of the fatherless, to make it prosper, and they do not defend the rights of the needy.
   Malachi 3:5
   Then I will draw near to you for judgment. I will be a swift witness against the sorcerers, against the adulterers, against those who swear falsely, against those who oppress the hired worker in his wages, the widow and the fatherless, against those who thrust aside the sojourner, and do not fear me, says the Lord of hosts.
   
2. Cross References
   Exodus 23:1
   You shall not spread a false report. You shall not join hands with a wicked man to be a malicious witness.
   
3. Cross References
   Deuteronomy 27:25
   "'Cursed be anyone who takes a bribe to shed innocent blood.' And all the people shall say, 'Amen.'
   Proverbs 17:26
   To impose a fine on a righteous man is not good, nor to strike the noble for their uprightness.
   
4. Cross References
   Exodus 34:7
   Keeping steadfast love for thousands, forgiving iniquity and transgression and sin, but who will by no means clear the guilty, visiting the iniquity of the fathers on the children and the children's children, to the third and the fourth generation.
   
5. Cross References
   Deuteronomy 16:19
   You shall not pervert justice. You shall not sh...
   1 Samuel 8:3
   Yet his sons did not walk in his ways but turne...
   2 Chronicles 19:7
   Now then, let the fear of the Lord be upon you....
   Psalms 26:10
   In whose hands are evil devices, and whose righ...
   Proverbs 17:23
   The wicked accepts a bribe in secret to pervert...
   Isaiah 1:23
   Your princes are rebels and companions of thiev...
   Isaiah 5:23
   Who acquit the guilty for a bribe, and deprive ...
   Isaiah 33:15
   He who walks righteously and speaks uprightly, ...
   
6. Cross References
   Exodus 22:21
   You shall not wrong a sojourner or oppress him, for you were sojourners in the land of Egypt.