Exodus 23:1-7 ▼

1 “You shall not give a false report; you shall not join hands with the wicked to be a malicious witness [promoting wrong and violence].

2 You shall not follow a crowd to do [something] evil, nor shall you testify at a trial or in a dispute so as to side with a crowd in order to pervert justice;

3 nor shall you favor or be partial to a poor man in his dispute [simply because he is poor].

4 “If you meet your enemy’s ox or his donkey wandering off, you must bring it back to him.

5 If you see the donkey of one who hates you lying helpless under its load, you shall not leave the man to deal with it [alone]; you must help him release the animal [from its burden].

6 “You shall not pervert (bend) the justice due to your poor in his dispute.

7 Keep far away from a false charge or action, and do not condemn to death the innocent or the righteous, for I will not justify and acquit the guilty.