Exo 23:6, Job 29:12-16, 31:16, 21, Pro 22:16, Zec 7:10, Mal 3:5 | ESV | STEP | You shall not pervert the justice due to your poor in his lawsuit .

Exodus 23:6

6 ^a“You shall not pervert the justice due to your poor in his lawsuit.

Job 29:12-16

12 because I ^bdelivered the poor who cried for help,
and the fatherless who had none to help him.
13 ^cThe blessing of him who was ^dabout to perish came upon me,
and I caused ^ethe widow’s heart to sing for joy.
14 I ^fput on righteousness, and it clothed me;
my justice was like a robe and ^ga turban.
15 I was ^heyes to the blind
and feet to the lame.
16 I was a father to the needy,
and I searched out ⁱthe cause of him whom I did not know.

Job 31:16

16 “If I have ^jwithheld anything that the poor desired,
or have ^kcaused the eyes of the widow to fail,

Job 31:21

21 if I have raised my hand against ^lthe fatherless,
because I saw my help in ^mthe gate,

Proverbs 22:16

16 Whoever oppresses the poor to increase his own wealth,
or gives to the rich, ⁿwill only come to poverty.

Zechariah 7:10

10 ^odo not oppress the widow, the fatherless, the sojourner, ^por the poor, and ^qlet none of you devise evil against another in your heart.”

Malachi 3:5

5 “Then I will draw near to you for judgment. I will be ^ra swift witness against the sorcerers, against the adulterers, against those who swear falsely, against those ^swho oppress the hired worker in his wages, ^tthe widow and the fatherless, against those who thrust aside the sojourner, and do not fear me, says the Lord of hosts.