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Exodus 23:2

American Standard Version

Thou shalt not follow a multitude to do evil; neither shalt thou speak in a cause to turn aside after a multitude to wrest justice:

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Exodus 23:2 in other translations

“You shall not follow a crowd to do evil. You shall not testify in court to side with a multitude to pervert justice.

Exodus 23:2 · World English Bible

Exodus 23:2 in context

  1. 1Thou shalt not take up a false report: put not thy hand with the wicked to be an unrighteous witness.
  2. 2Thou shalt not follow a multitude to do evil; neither shalt thou speak in a cause to turn aside after a multitude to wrest justice:
  3. 3neither shalt thou favor a poor man in his cause.
  4. 4If thou meet thine enemy’s ox or his ass going astray, thou shalt surely bring it back to him again.