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Exodus 23:1-2 KJV
Exodus · chapter 23 · verses 1–2
1Thou shalt not raise a false report: put not thine hand with the wicked to be an unrighteous witness. 2Thou shalt not follow a multitude to do evil; neither shalt thou speak in a cause to decline after many to wrest judgment:Exodus 23:1-2 · King James Version
Exodus 23:1-2 in context
1Thou shalt not raise a false report: put not thine hand with the wicked to be an unrighteous witness.
2Thou shalt not follow a multitude to do evil; neither shalt thou speak in a cause to decline after many to wrest judgment:
3Neither shalt thou countenance a poor man in his cause.
4If thou meet thine enemy’s ox or his ass going astray, thou shalt surely bring it back to him again.
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Key words (Strong's)
- unrighteouschâmâçviolenceH2555 →
- multituderababundantH7227 →
- declinenâṭâhto stretch or spread outH5186 →
- reportshêmaʻsomething heardH8088 →
- wickedrâshâʻmorally wrongH7563 →
- followʼacharproperly, the hind partH310 →
- raisenâsâʼto lift, in a great variety of applications, literal and figurative, absolute and relativeH5375 →
- falseshâvᵉʼevil , literally or morallyH7723 →
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Here are, I. Cautions concerning judicial proceedings; it was not enough that they had good laws, better than ever any nation had, but care must be taken for the due administration of justice according to those laws. 1.
— Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on verses 1-9