Exo 23:2, 8, Pro 18:5, 24:23 | ESV | STEP | 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 ,

a Deut. 16:19; [1 Sam. 8:3; 2 Chr. 19:7; Ps. 26:10; Prov. 17:23; Isa. 1:23; 5:23; 33:15]

b ch. 24:23; 28:21; Lev. 19:15; Deut. 1:17; Ps. 82:2

e ch. 1:6; 22:17

Exodus 23:2

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,

Exodus 23:8

8 ^aAnd you shall take no bribe, for a bribe blinds the clear-sighted and subverts the cause of those who are in the right.

Proverbs 18:5

5 It is not good to ^bbe partial to ^{▼▼Hebrew to lift the face of} the wicked
or to ^ddeprive the righteous of justice.

Proverbs 24:23

More Sayings of the Wise

23 These also are sayings of ^ethe wise.

^fPartiality in judging is not good.

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