Parallel Bible results for "Exodus 23:1-6"

Exodus 23:1-6

1 Thou shalt not accept a false report; extend not thy hand to the wicked, to be an unrighteous witness.

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

2 Thou shalt not follow the multitude for evil; neither shalt thou answer in a cause, to go after the multitude to pervert [judgment].

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 Neither shalt thou favour a poor man in his cause.

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

4 -- If thou meet thine enemy's ox or his ass going astray, thou shalt certainly bring it back to him

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

5 If thou see the ass of him that hateth thee lying under its burden, beware of leaving [it] to him: thou shalt certainly loosen [it] with him.

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 Thou shalt not pervert the judgment of thy poor in his cause.

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

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