Exodus 23:1-8

English Standard Version

23 ^(A)“You shall not spread a false report. You shall not join hands with a wicked man to be a ^(B)malicious witness. ²You 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^(C)nor shall you be partial to a poor man in his lawsuit.

⁴^(D)“If you meet your enemy's ox or his donkey going astray, you shall bring it back to him. ⁵If you see the donkey of one who hates you lying down under its burden, you shall refrain from leaving him with it; you shall rescue it with him.

⁶^(E)“You shall not pervert the justice due to your poor in his lawsuit. ⁷^(F)Keep far from a false charge, and ^(G)do not kill the innocent and righteous, for ^(H)I will not acquit the wicked. ⁸^(I)And you shall take no bribe, for a bribe blinds the clear-sighted and subverts the cause of those who are in the right.