Exodus 23:8 Commentary, explanation, study verse by verse

“ And thou shalt take no gift: for the gift blindeth the wise,c and perverteth the words of the righteous. ”

Exodus 23:8 - Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Four precepts evidently addressed to those in authority as judges: (a) To do justice to the poor. Comparing Exodus 23:6 Exodus 23:6 with Exodus 23:3 , it was the part of the judge to defen...
Exodus 23:8 - Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

Exodus 23:1-9 R. Justice. Form and substance also separate this group from the Judgments and ally it with the Words of Yahweh in the Covenant Book. Circulating groundless reports ( Exodus 23:1...
Exodus 23:8 - Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

blindeth... perverteth : i.e. causeth these acts, or sins. Figure of speech Metonymy (of Effect), App-6. wise . Hebrew seeing the most clear-sighted.
Exodus 23:8 - Calvin's Commentary on the Bible

Exodus 23:8 And thou shalt take no gift. This kind of theft is the worst of all, when judges are corrupted either by bribes, or by affection, and thus ruin the fortunes which they ought to pr...
Exodus 23:8 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

And thou shalt take no gift: for the gift blindeth the wise, and perverteth the words of the righteous. Thou shalt take no gift - A strong ordinance against selling justice, which has been the disgra...
Exodus 23:8 - Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

A gift blindeth the wise— See Ecclesiastes 7:7 . The margin of our Bibles renders, very properly, the Hebrew word, translated the wise in the text, the seeing. Houbigant, from the Samaritan an...
Exodus 23:8 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

Thou shalt not wrest the judgment of thy poor in his cause. Thou shalt not wrest the judgment of thy poor in his cause. These verses contain a series of cautions to rulers and magistrates to...
Exodus 23:8 - Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

The Book of the Covenant (concluded) 1-19. Miscellaneous Laws.
Exodus 23:8 - Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

XXIII. (1-19) The “miscellaneous laws” are here continued. From Exodus 23:1 to Exodus 23:9 no kind of sequence in the laws can be traced; from Exodus 23:10 to the first clause of Exodus 23:...
Exodus 23:8 - Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

Laws of Conduct and Worship Exodus 23:1-17 We may apply these various precepts to our own hearts. Many of them breathe the very spirit of Christ. We must watch our speech, so that no man's char...
Exodus 23:8 - G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

The enactments now recorded have to do with the administration of justice. A study of them reveals that true justice is always merciful and yet makes sterner demand than any moral code of laws. The d...
Exodus 23:8 - Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

All these are so many repeated commands of one and the same rule of equity, and which the Lord Jesus hath given a full commentary of. Matthew 7:12 .
Exodus 23:8 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

And thou shalt take no gift ,.... Of the persons whose cause is to be tried in a court of judicature before judges; neither of those on the one side nor on the other, neither before the trial nor af...
Exodus 23:8 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

And thou shalt take no gift: for the gift blindeth the wise, and perverteth the words of the righteous. Ver. 8. And thou shalt take no gift. ] Rain is good, and ground is good; yet Ex eorum coniu...
Exodus 23:8 - Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Thou shalt take no gift From those whose causes are depending before thee; because, if thou dost not sell justice for it, thou wilt both seem and be tempted to do so. The gift blindeth the wise B...
Exodus 23:8 - L. M. Grant's Commentary on the Bible

INSISTENCE ON HONESTY (vs.1-9) Consistently with the language of law, the question of honesty is looked at from a negative viewpoint, that is, emphasizing what one should not do. How easily one m...
Exodus 23:8 - Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

Judicial Laws. B. C. 1491. 1 Thou shalt not raise a false report: put not thine hand wit...
Exodus 23:8 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

Thou shalt take no gift, namely, from such whose causes are depending before thee; because if thou dost not sell justice for it, yet thou wilt both seem to do so, and be tempted to do so. Compare...
Exodus 23:8 - Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

Regulations Concerning Behaviour to One's Neighbour ( Exodus 23:1-9 ). There is an interesting pattern to the following verses. (Compare Exodus 23:1 with Exodus 23:7 ; Exodus 23:2 with Exodu...
Exodus 23:8 - Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

CRITICAL NOTES.— Exodus 23:1 Thou shalt not raise] = tissa , from the inf. napa , in its simple sense, “to carry,” and in its ethical, “to bear about in the heart.” Hence tissa is a pregna...
Exodus 23:8 - Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Exodus 23:1 . Put not thine hand with the wicked, do not conspire or agree with them. Exodus 23:3 . Neither shalt thou countenance a poor man. The meaning of this and the former verse is, ther...
Exodus 23:8 - The Biblical Illustrator

Thou shalt not wrest the judgment. Duties of judges I. That judges should be impartial. 1. In particular towards the poor ( Exodus 23:6 ). (1) Because the poor are most open to the oppres...
Exodus 23:8 - The Complete Pulpit Commentary

THE BOOK OF THE COVENANT .— Continued . EXPOSITION Exodus 23:1-2 MISCELLANEOUS LAWS — continued . The same want of logical arrangement appears in this chapter as in the preced...
Exodus 23:8 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

Further Ordinances Regarding Social Relations
Exodus 23:8 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

thou shalt take Deuteronomy 16:19 1 Samuel 8:3 1 Samuel 12:3 Psalms 26:10 Proverbs 15:27 Proverbs 17:8 Proverbs 17:23 Proverbs 19:4 Ecclesiastes 7:7 Isaiah 1:13 Isaiah 5:23 Eze...

Exodus 23:8 - Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Exodus 23:8 - Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

Exodus 23:8 - Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

Exodus 23:8 - Calvin's Commentary on the Bible

Exodus 23:8 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

Exodus 23:8 - Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

Exodus 23:8 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

Exodus 23:8 - Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

Exodus 23:8 - Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

Exodus 23:8 - Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

Exodus 23:8 - G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

Exodus 23:8 - Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

Exodus 23:8 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

Exodus 23:8 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

Exodus 23:8 - Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Exodus 23:8 - L. M. Grant's Commentary on the Bible

Exodus 23:8 - Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

Exodus 23:8 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

Exodus 23:8 - Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

Exodus 23:8 - Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

Exodus 23:8 - Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Exodus 23:8 - The Biblical Illustrator

Exodus 23:8 - The Complete Pulpit Commentary

Exodus 23:8 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

Exodus 23:8 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge