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

Exodus 23:1-9

1 "Do not spread false rumors, and do not help a guilty person by giving false testimony.

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

2 Do not follow the majority when they do wrong or when they give testimony that perverts justice.

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 Do not show partiality to a poor person at his trial.

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

4 "If you happen to see your enemy's cow or donkey running 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 his donkey has fallen under its load, help him get the donkey to its feet again; don't just walk off.

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 "Do not deny justice to a poor person when he appears in court.

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

7 Do not make false accusations, and do not put an innocent person to death, for I will condemn anyone who does such an evil thing.

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 Do not accept a bribe, for a bribe makes people blind to what is right and ruins the cause of those who are innocent.

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

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

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