Exo 23:1-3 | ESV | STEP | You shall not spread a false report . You shall not join hands with a wicked man to be a malicious witness .

b Deut. 19:16-18; Ps. 35:11; [1 Kgs. 21:10, 13; Matt. 26:59-61; Acts 6:11, 13]

Exodus 23:1-3

1 ^a“You shall not spread a false report. You shall not join hands with a wicked man to be a ^bmalicious witness. 2 You shall not fall in with the many to do evil, nor shall you bear witness in a lawsuit, siding with the many, so as to pervert justice, 3 ^cnor shall you be partial to a poor man in his lawsuit.