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

Exodus 23:1-6

1 "Thou shalt not raise a false report. Put not thine hand with 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 to do evil; neither shalt thou speak in a cause, following many, to divert 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 countenance 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 surely bring it back to him again

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 his burden, and wouldest forbear to help him, thou shalt surely help 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 divert the judgment from thy poor in his cause.

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