Exodus 23:2
You shall not follow a crowd to do evil; neither shall you testify in court to side with a multitude to pervert justice;
New Heart English Bible
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In Context
1"You shall not spread a false report. Do not join your hand with the wicked to be an unjust witness.
3neither shall you favor a poor man in his cause.
Cross References
Genesis 7:1The Lord said to Noah, "Come with all of your household into the ship, for I have seen your righteousness before me in this generation.
Genesis 19:7He said, "Please, my brothers, do not act so wickedly.
Exodus 32:1When the people saw that Moses delayed to come down from the mountain, the people gathered themselves together to Aaron, and said to him, "Come, make us gods, which shall go before us; for as for this Moses, the man who brought us up out of the land of Egypt, we do not know what has become of him."
Numbers 14:1All the congregation lifted up their voice, and cried; and the people wept that night.
Deuteronomy 16:19You shall not wrest justice: you shall not respect persons; neither shall you take a bribe; for a bribe does blind the eyes of the wise, and pervert the words of the righteous.
Joshua 24:15If it seems evil to you to serve the Lord, choose this day whom you will serve; whether the gods which your fathers served that were beyond the River, or the gods of the Amorites, in whose land you dwell: but as for me and my house, we will serve the Lord."
Matthew Henry on Exodus 23:2-10
Judicial Laws. ( b. c. 1491.) 1 Thou shalt not raise a false report: put not thine hand with the wicked to be an unrighteous witness. 2 Thou shalt not follow a multitude to do evil; neither shalt thou speak in a cause to decline after many to wrest judgment: 3 Neither shalt thou countenance a poor man in his cause. 4 If thou meet thine enemy's ox or his ass going astray, thou shalt surely bring it back to him again. 5 If thou see the ass of him that hateth thee lying under his burden, and wouldest forbear to help… Read the whole commentary →