You shall not follow [a]the masses in doing evil, nor shall you [b]testify in a dispute so as to turn aside after [c]a multitude in order to (A)pervert justice;

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

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

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

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  1. Proverbs 31:5 Lit judgment
  2. 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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