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1 You must not spread a false report. Do not join the wicked to be a malicious witness.” 2 You must not follow a crowd in wrongdoing. Do not testify in a lawsuit and go along with a crowd to pervert justice. 3 Do not show favoritism to a poor person in his lawsuit.” 4 If you come across your enemy’s stray ox or donkey, you must return it to him.” 5 If you see the donkey of someone who hates you lying helpless under its load, and you want to refrain from helping it, you must help with it.” 6 You must not deny justice to a poor person among you in his lawsuit. 7 Stay far away from a false accusation. Do not kill the innocent and the just, because I will not justify the guilty. Exodus 23:1-7, Holman Christian Standard Bible. Copyright © 1999, 2000, 2002, 2003, 2009 by Holman Bible Publishers.
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