Parallel Bible results for "Exodus 23:1-7"

Exodus 23:1-7

1 Thou shalt not receive the voice of a lie: neither shalt thou join thy hand to bear false witness for a wicked person.

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 yield in judgment, to the opinion of the most part, to stray from the truth.

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 judgment.

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

4 If thou meet thy enemy’s ox or ass going astray, 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 lie underneath his burden, thou shalt not pass by, but shalt lift him up 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 go aside in the poor man’s judgment.

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

7 Thou shalt fly lying. The innocent and just person thou shalt not put to death: because I abhor the wicked.

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.

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