Exodus 23:6-8 You shall not wrest the judgment of your poor in his cause.… "Why," asked one of the English Tortes of the Tory Governor of Massachusetts — "why hath not Mr. Adams been taken off from his opposition by an office?" To which the Governor replied, "Such is the obstinacy and inflexible disposition of the man, that he never would be conciliated by any office whatever." His daughter used to say that her father refused a pension from the British Government of £2,000 a year. Once, when a secret messenger from General Gage threatened him with a trial for treason if he persisted in his opposition to the Government and promised him honours and wealth if he would desist, Adams rose to his feet and replied, "Sir, I trust I have long since made my peace with the King of kings. No personal consideration shall induce me to abandon the righteous cause of my country." Parallel Verses KJV: Thou shalt not wrest the judgment of thy poor in his cause.WEB: "You shall not deny justice to your poor people in their lawsuits. |
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