Exodus 23:1-9
23“aYou shall not bear a false report; do not join your hand with a wicked man to be a bmalicious witness. 2“You shall not follow 1the masses in doing evil, nor shall you 2testify in a case so as to turn aside after 3the masses in order to 4,acause justice to be turned aside; 3anor shall you 1be partial to a poor man in his case.
4“aIf you meet your enemy’s ox or his donkey wandering away, you shall surely return it to him. 5“aIf you see the donkey of one who hates you lying helpless under its load, you shall refrain from leaving it to him, you shall surely release it with him.
6“aYou shall not cause the justice due to your needy brother to be turned aside in his case. 7“aKeep far from a 1false charge, and bdo not kill the innocent or the righteous, for cI will not justify the guilty.
8“aAnd you shall not take a bribe, for a bribe blinds the clear-sighted and 1subverts the cause of the 2just.
9“aAnd you shall not oppress a sojourner, since you yourselves know the soul of a sojourner, for you also were sojourners in the land of Egypt.
