Exodus 23:2

Regulations Regarding Justice

¹ Thou shalt not utter a false report. Do not lay thy hand with a lawless man, to become a witness helping forward violence and wrong. ² Thou shalt not follow multitudes to commit wickedness, - neither shalt thou answer in a quarrel, so as to turn away after multitudes to mislead, ³ Even a poor man, shalt thou not prefer in his quarrel.

Bear Witness

Pervert Justice

Turn Aside

Testify Concerning

Wrest Judgment

Exodus 23:6-7

Thou shalt not pervert the vindication of thy needy one in his quarrel.

Leviticus 19:15

Ye shall not act perversely in giving judgment, Thou shalt neither respect the person of the poor, Nor prefer the person of the great, - In righteousness, shalt thou judge thy neighbour.

Deuteronomy 1:17

Ye shall not take note of faces in judgment - so the small as the great, shall ye hear, ye shall not shrink from the face of any man, for judgment, unto God, belongeth, - but the thing which is too hard for you, shall ye bring near unto me, and I will hear it.

Genesis 6:12

And God beheld the earth, and lo! it had corrupted itself, - surely all flesh had corrupted its way, on the earth.

Genesis 7:1

And Yahweh said to Noah, Enter thou and all thy house, into the ark, - for, thee, have I seen righteous before me, in this generation.

Genesis 19:4

Ere yet they lay down, the men of the city - the men of Sodom, had come round against the house, from youth even unto age, - all the people from every quarter,

Genesis 19:7-9

And he said, - Do not I pray you my brethren act wickedly.

Exodus 32:1-5

And, when the people saw that Moses delayed to come down out of the mount, the people gathered themselves together unto Aaron, and said unto him - Up, make for us gods, who shall go before us, for, as for this Moses - the man who brought us up out of the land of Egypt, we know not what hath befallen him.

Numbers 14:1-10

Then did all the assembly lift up, and give forth their voice, - and the people wept throughout that night.

Deuteronomy 16:19

Thou shalt not wrest judgment, thou shalt not take note of faces, - nor shalt thou accept a bribe, for the bribe, blindeth the eyes of wise men, and perverteth the words of righteous men.

Deuteronomy 24:17

Thou shalt not pervert the judgment of the sojourner or the fatherless, - neither shalt thou take in pledge the garment of a widow;

Joshua 24:15

But, if it be, a vexation, in your eyes, to serve Yahweh, choose ye for yourselves, to-day, whom ye will serve, whether the gods which your fathers served, that were beyond the River, or the gods of the Amorites, in whose land ye are dwelling, - but, I and my house, will serve Yahweh.

1 Samuel 15:9

But Saul and the people spared Agag, and the best of the sheep and the oxen and the lambs, also the fatlings, and all that was good, and would not devote them to destruction, - but, all the cattle that was contemptible and diseased, that, devoted they to destruction.

1 Kings 19:10

And he said - Very jealous, have I been, for Yahweh, God of hosts, because the sons of Israel have forsaken thy covenant, thine altars, have they thrown down, thy prophets, also have they slain with the sword, - and, I alone, am left, and they have sought my life, to take it.

Job 31:34

Then let me be made to tremble at a great throng, yea let, the contempt of families, terrify me, so that, keeping silence, I shall not go out of the door!

Psalm 72:2

May he judge, Thy people with righteousness; And thine oppressed ones with justice;

Proverbs 1:10-11

My son, if sinners entice thee, do not consent.

Proverbs 1:15

My son, do not walk in the way with them, Withhold thy foot from their path.

Proverbs 4:14

Upon the path of the lawless, do not thou enter, and do not advance in the way of the wicked:

Jeremiah 37:15

Then were the princes wroth against Jeremiah, and smote him, - and put him in prison, in the house of Jonathan the scribe, for that, had they made the prison.

Jeremiah 37:21

Then King Zedekiah gave command and they committed Jeremiah into the guard-court, and said that there should be given him a cake of bread daily, out of the bakers street, until all the bread out of the city should be spent, So Jeremiah remained in the guard-court.

Jeremiah 38:5-6

Then said King Zedekiah, - Lo! he is in your hand; for the king is not one who is able to do anything against you.

Jeremiah 38:9

My lord, O King! wickedly, have these men done all that they haw done to Jeremiah the prophet, whom indeed they have cast into the dungeon, - since he would have died where he was because of the famine, for there is no bread any longer, in the city.

Ezekiel 9:9

And he said unto me the iniquity of the house of Israel and Judah, is exceeding, great, and the land is filled with shed blood, and the city is full of over-reaching, - for they have said. Yahweh hath forsaken the land, - and Yahweh doth not see.

Haggai 1:4

Is it a time that, ye yourselves, should be dwelling in your own paneled houses? and, this house, be in ruins?

Matthew 27:24-26

And Pilate, seeing, that, nothing, it availed, but rather, a tumult, was arising, taking water, washed his hands of it before the multitude, saying - Innocent, am I, of the blood of this man, - Ye, shall see to it for yourselves.

Mark 15:15

And Pilate, being minded to do what would satisfy, the multitude, released unto them Barabbas, and delivered up Jesus, having scourged him, that he should be crucified.

Luke 23:23-24

But they became urgent with loud voices, claiming to have him crucified; and their voices began to prevail.

Luke 23:51

(the same had not consented unto their plan and deed), - from Arimathaea, a city of the Jews, who was awaiting the kingdom of God,

John 7:50-51

Nicodemus saith unto them - he that came unto him formerly, being, one, from among them -

Acts 24:27

When, however, two years, were completed, Felix, was succeeded, by Porcius Festus, and Felix, wishing to gain favour with the Jews, left Paul bound.

Acts 25:9

But, Festus, wishing, with the Jews, to gain, favour, answered Paul, and said - Art thou willing, unto Jerusalem, to go up, and, there, concerning these things, be judged before me?

Romans 1:32

Who, indeed, having acknowledged the righteous sentence of God, - that, they who such things as these do practise, are worthy of death, not only, the same things, are doing, but are even delighting together with them who are practising them .

Galatians 2:11-13

But, when Cephas came unto Antioch, to the face, even , him, I resisted, because he stood condemned;