Parallel Bible results for "exodus 23:1-9"

Exodus 23:1-9

1 "Don't pass on malicious gossip.

1 “Do not spread false reports. Do not help a guilty person by being a malicious witness.

2 Don't go along with the crowd in doing evil and don't fudge your testimony in a case just to please the crowd.

2 “Do not follow the crowd in doing wrong. When you give testimony in a lawsuit, do not pervert justice by siding with the crowd,

3 And just because someone is poor, don't show favoritism in a dispute.

3 and do not show favoritism to a poor person in a lawsuit.

4 "If you find your enemy's ox or donkey loose, take it back to him

4 “If you come across your enemy’s ox or donkey wandering off, be sure to return it.

5 If you see the donkey of someone who hates you lying helpless under its load, don't walk off and leave it. Help it up.

5 If you see the donkey of someone who hates you fallen down under its load, do not leave it there; be sure you help them with it.

6 "When there is a dispute concerning your poor, don't tamper with the justice due them.

6 “Do not deny justice to your poor people in their lawsuits.

7 "Stay clear of false accusations. Don't contribute to the death of innocent and good people. I don't let the wicked off the hook.

7 Have nothing to do with a false charge and do not put an innocent or honest person to death, for I will not acquit the guilty.

8 "Don't take bribes. Bribes blind perfectly good eyes and twist the speech of good people.

8 “Do not accept a bribe, for a bribe blinds those who see and twists the words of the innocent.

9 "Don't take advantage of a stranger. You know what it's like to be a stranger; you were strangers in Egypt.

9 “Do not oppress a foreigner; you yourselves know how it feels to be foreigners, because you were foreigners in Egypt.