Exodus 23:1-9 - Regulations Regarding Justice

1 "You shall not spread a false report. Do not join your hand with the wicked to be an unjust witness.

2 You shall not follow a crowd to do evil; neither shall you testify in court to side with a multitude to pervert justice; 3 neither shall you favor a poor man in his cause.

4 "If you meet your enemy's ox or his donkey going astray, you shall surely bring it back to him again.

5 If you see the donkey of him who hates you fallen down under his burden, do not leave him, you shall surely help him with it.

6 "You shall not deny justice to your poor people in their lawsuits. 7 "Keep far from a false charge, and do not kill the innocent and righteous: for I will not justify the wicked. 8 "You shall take no bribe, for a bribe blinds those who have sight and perverts the words of the righteous. 9 "You shall not oppress a foreigner, for you know the heart of a foreigner, seeing you were foreigners in the land of Egypt.