Exodus 23:1-7 ▼

1 You shall not repeat a false report. Do not join your hand with the wicked to be a witness supporting violence.

2 You shall not follow the crowd in doing wrong. When testifying in a lawsuit, you shall not follow the crowd in perverting justice.

3 You shall not favor the poor in a lawsuit.

4 When you come upon your enemy’s ox or donkey going astray, you must see to it that it is returned.

5 When you notice the donkey of one who hates you lying down under its burden, you should not desert him; you must help him with it.

6 You shall not pervert justice for the needy among you in a lawsuit.

7 You shall keep away from anything dishonest. The innocent and the just you shall not put to death, for I will not acquit the guilty.