Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
Summary
Thou shalt not follow a multitude to do evil; neither shalt thou speak in a cause to decline after many to wrest judgment:
To decline
General references
Bible References
To decline
Exodus 23:6
" 'You will not pervert the justice of your poor in his legal dispute.
Leviticus 19:15
" 'You shall not do injustice in judgment; {you shall not show partiality to the powerless}; you shall not give preference {to the powerful}; you shall judge your fellow citizen with justice.
Deuteronomy 1:17
You must not {be partial} {in your judgment}; hear [out] the small [person] as [also] the great [person]; {do not be intimidated by any person}, because the judgment [is] God's; and the case that is too difficult for you, bring [it] to me, and I will hear it [out].'
Psalm 72:2
May he judge your people with righteousness, and your poor with justice.
Jeremiah 37:15
And the officials were angry at Jeremiah and they struck him. And they put him [in] {prison}, [in] the house of Jonathan the secretary, for they had converted it to the {prison}.
Jeremiah 38:5
And Zedekiah the king said, "Look, he [is] in your hand, for the king is not able [to do] a thing against you."
Ezekiel 9:9
And he said to me, "The guilt of the house of Israel and Judah [is] {exceedingly} great, and the land is filled with bloodguilt, and the city is full of injustice. For they say Yahweh abandoned the land, and {Yahweh does not see}.
Haggai 1:4
"[Is it] a time for you yourselves to dwell in your houses that have been paneled [while] this house [is] desolate?"
General references
Exodus 23:6
" 'You will not pervert the justice of your poor in his legal dispute.
Leviticus 19:15
" 'You shall not do injustice in judgment; {you shall not show partiality to the powerless}; you shall not give preference {to the powerful}; you shall judge your fellow citizen with justice.
Deuteronomy 27:19
'Cursed be the one who deprives [the] alien, [the] orphan, and [the] widow of justice.' And all the people shall say, 'Amen.'
Job 13:8
{Will you show partiality for him}? Or do you want to plead God's case?