Exodus 23:2
You shall not follow a multitude to do evil; neither shall you speak in a cause to decline after many to shift judgment:
Updated King James Version
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In Context
1You shall not raise a false report: put not yours hand with the wicked to be an unrighteous witness.
3Neither shall you countenance a poor man in his cause.
Cross References
Genesis 7:1And the LORD said unto Noah, Come you and all your house into the ark; for you have I seen righteous before me in this generation.
Genesis 19:7And said, I pray you, brethren, do not so wickedly.
Exodus 32:1And when the people saw that Moses delayed to come down out of the mount, the people gathered themselves together unto Aaron, and said unto him, Up, make us gods, which shall go before us; for as for this Moses, the man that brought us up out of the land of Egypt, we know not what is become of him.
Numbers 14:1And all the congregation lifted up their voice, and cried; and the people wept that night.
Deuteronomy 16:19You shall not shift judgment; you shall not respect persons, neither take a gift: for a gift does blind the eyes of the wise, and pervert the words of the righteous.
Joshua 24:15And if it seem evil unto you to serve the LORD, choose you this day whom all of you will serve; whether the gods which your fathers served that were on the other side of the flood, or the gods of the Amorites, in whose land all of 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 →