You shall not follow [a]the crowd in doing evil, nor shall you [b]testify in a dispute so as to join together with [c]a crowd in order to (A)pervert justice;

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Footnotes

  1. Exodus 23:2 Lit many
  2. Exodus 23:2 Or answer
  3. Exodus 23:2 Lit many

“Do not follow the crowd in doing wrong. When you give testimony in a lawsuit, do not pervert justice(A) by siding with the crowd,(B)

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(A)You shall not pervert the justice due to your needy brother in his dispute.

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“Do not deny justice(A) to your poor people in their lawsuits.

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26 It is also not good to (A)fine the righteous,
Nor to strike the noble for their uprightness.

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26 If imposing a fine on the innocent is not good,(A)
    surely to flog honest officials is not right.

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Otherwise they will drink and forget what is decreed,
And (A)pervert the [a]rights of all the [b]needy.

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Footnotes

  1. Proverbs 31:5 Lit judgment
  2. Proverbs 31:5 Lit sons of affliction

lest they drink(A) and forget what has been decreed,(B)
    and deprive all the oppressed of their rights.

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Now hear this, you (A)heads of the house of Jacob
And rulers of the house of Israel,
Who (B)despise justice
And twist everything that is straight,

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Hear this, you leaders of Jacob,
    you rulers of Israel,
who despise justice
    and distort all that is right;(A)

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