LEV461 It is a negative commandment not to have pity on a poor man in a court trial as Scripture says, neither show you favor a poor man in his cause (Sh'moth 23:3); and it says further, you shall not respect the person of the poor [this verse]. [This means] that the judge should not say, "He is an indigent man, and we have a duty to sustain him. I will declare him right in the court case, so that he will be sustained with ease."