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You shall not follow [a]the masses in doing evil, nor shall you [b]testify in a case so as to turn aside after [c]the masses in order to [d](A)cause justice to be turned aside;

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  1. Exodus 23:2 Lit many men
  2. Exodus 23:2 Or answer
  3. Exodus 23:2 Lit many men
  4. Exodus 23:2 Or pervert justice, cf. 23:6

(A)You shall not cause the justice due to your needy brother to be turned aside in his case.

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

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Lest he drink and forget what is decreed,
And (A)pervert the justice of all the [a]afflicted.

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  1. Proverbs 31:5 Lit sons of affliction

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

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