Éxodo 23:6

6 »Ante una demanda judicial, no le negarás la justicia al pobre.

Éxodo 23:6 Meaning and Commentary

Exodus 23:6

Thou shalt not wrest the judgment of thy poor in his cause.
] As the poor man was not to be favoured when his cause was bad through an affected pity for him as a poor man, so his judgment was not to be wrested or perverted, when his cause was good, because of his poverty; which is too often the case, through the power of rich men, and the prevalence of their gifts and bribes, and to curry favour with them: the phrase, "thy poor", is very emphatic, and intended to engage judges to regard them, as being of the same flesh and blood with them, of the same nation and religion; and who were particularly committed to their care and protection under God, who is the Judge and protector of the poor, of the widow and the fatherless.

Éxodo 23:6 In-Context

4 »Si encuentras extraviado el buey o el burro de tu enemigo, devuélveselo a su dueño.

5 Si ves que el burro de alguien que te odia cayó debajo de su carga, no pases de largo. Detente y ayúdalo.

6 »Ante una demanda judicial, no le negarás la justicia al pobre.

7 »Asegúrate que nunca acuses a nadie falsamente de algún mal. Jamás condenes a muerte a una persona inocente o intachable, porque yo nunca declaro inocente al culpable.

8 »No aceptes sobornos, porque el soborno te lleva a hacerte de la vista gorda en aquello que ves con claridad. El soborno mueve incluso a una persona justa a tergiversar la verdad.