Exodus 23:2
 Exodus 23:2 
New International Version (© 2011)
"Do not follow the crowd in doing wrong. When you give testimony in a lawsuit, do not pervert justice by siding with the crowd,

King James Bible
Thou shalt not follow a multitude to do evil; neither shalt thou speak in a cause to decline after many to wrest judgment:

American Standard Version
Thou shalt not follow a multitude to do evil; neither shalt thou speak in a cause to turn aside after a multitude to wrest justice :

Young's Literal Translation
Thou art not after many to evil, nor dost thou testify concerning a strife, to turn aside after many to cause others to turn aside;

Exodus 23:2 Additional Translations
Clarke's Commentary on the Bible

Thou shalt not follow a multitude to do evil - Be singular. Singularity, if in the right, can never be criminal. So completely disgraceful is the way of sin, that if there were not a multitude walking in that way, who help to keep each other in countenance, every solitary sinner would be obliged to hide his head. But רבים rabbim, which we translate multitude, sometimes signifies the great, chiefs, or mighty ones; and is so understood by some eminent critics in this place: "Thou shalt not follow the example of the great or rich, who may so far disgrace their own character as to live without God in the world, and trample under foot his laws." It is supposed that these directions refer principally to matters which come under the eye of the civil magistrate; as if he had said, "Do not join with great men in condemning an innocent or righteous person, against whom they have conceived a prejudice on the account of his religion," etc.

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Exodus 32:1-5 And when the people saw that Moses delayed to come down out of the mount, the people gathered themselves together to Aaron...

Genesis 6:12 And God looked on the earth, and, behold, it was corrupt; for all flesh had corrupted his way on the earth.

Genesis 7:1 And the LORD said to Noah, Come you and all your house into the ark; for you have I seen righteous before me in this generation.

Genesis 19:4,7-9 But before they lay down, the men of the city, even the men of Sodom, compassed the house round, both old and young...

Numbers 14:1-10 And all the congregation lifted up their voice, and cried; and the people wept that night...

Joshua 24:15 And if it seem evil to you to serve the LORD, choose you this day whom you will serve...

1 Samuel 15:9 But Saul and the people spared Agag, and the best of the sheep, and of the oxen, and of the fatted calves, and the lambs...

1 Kings 19:10 And he said, I have been very jealous for the LORD God of hosts: for the children of Israel have forsaken your covenant...

Job 31:34 Did I fear a great multitude, or did the contempt of families terrify me, that I kept silence, and went not out of the door?

Proverbs 1:10,11,15 My son, if sinners entice you, consent you not...

Proverbs 4:14 Enter not into the path of the wicked, and go not in the way of evil men.

Matthew 27:24-26 When Pilate saw that he could prevail nothing, but that rather a tumult was made, he took water...

Mark 15:15 And so Pilate, willing to content the people, released Barabbas to them, and delivered Jesus, when he had scourged him...

Luke 23:23,24,51 And they were instant with loud voices, requiring that he might be crucified...

John 7:50,51 Nicodemus said to them, (he that came to Jesus by night, being one of them,)...

Acts 24:27 But after two years Porcius Festus came into Felix' room: and Felix, willing to show the Jews a pleasure, left Paul bound.

Acts 25:9 But Festus, willing to do the Jews a pleasure, answered Paul, and said, Will you go up to Jerusalem...

Romans 1:32 Who knowing the judgment of God, that they which commit such things are worthy of death, not only do the same...

Galatians 2:11-13 But when Peter was come to Antioch, I withstood him to the face, because he was to be blamed...

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Exodus 23:6,7 You shall not wrest the judgment of your poor in his cause...

Leviticus 19:15 You shall do no unrighteousness in judgment: you shall not respect the person of the poor, nor honor the person of the mighty...

Deuteronomy 1:17 You shall not respect persons in judgment; but you shall hear the small as well as the great; you shall not be afraid of the face of man...

Psalm 72:2 He shall judge your people with righteousness, and your poor with judgment.

Jeremiah 37:15,21 Why the princes were wroth with Jeremiah, and smote him, and put him in prison in the house of Jonathan the scribe...

Jeremiah 38:5,6,9 Then Zedekiah the king said, Behold, he is in your hand: for the king is not he that can do any thing against you...

Ezekiel 9:9 Then said he to me, The iniquity of the house of Israel and Judah is exceeding great, and the land is full of blood...

Haggai 1:4 Is it time for you, O you, to dwell in your paneled houses, and this house lie waste?

Exodus 23:2 Parallel Commentaries
Bear Cause Court Crowd Decision Decline Dispute Evil Follow General Judgment Justice Masses Moved Multitude Opinion Order Others Pervert Side Speak Support Testify Turn Witness Words Wrest Wrong
Bear Cause Court Crowd Decision Decline Dispute Evil Follow General Judgment Justice Masses Moved Multitude Opinion Order Others Pervert Side Speak Support Testify Turn Witness Words Wrest Wrong
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Exodus 23:6 "Do not deny justice to your poor people in their lawsuits.
Deuteronomy 16:19 Do not pervert justice or show partiality. Do not accept a bribe, for a bribe blinds the eyes of the wise and twists the words of the innocent.
Deuteronomy 24:17 Do not deprive the foreigner or the fatherless of justice, or take the cloak of the widow as a pledge.
Job 31:34 because I so feared the crowd and so dreaded the contempt of the clans that I kept silent and would not go outside--
Proverbs 18:5 It is not good to be partial to the wicked and so deprive the innocent of justice.