Exodus 23:1-7 ¶ Thou shalt not admit a false rumour; put not thine hand with the wicked to be a false witness.

EJ2000⁽ⁱ⁾ ¹ ¶ Thou shalt not admit a false rumour; put not thine hand with the wicked to be a false witness. ² Thou shalt not follow a multitude to do evil; neither shalt thou speak in a cause hiding behind many to wrest judgment; ³ neither shalt thou honour a poor man in his cause. ⁴ If thou should encounter thine enemy’s ox or his ass astray, thou shalt surely bring it back to him again. ⁵ If thou see the ass of him that hates thee lying under his burden, will thou forbear to help him? Thou shalt surely help him to raise it up. ⁶ Thou shalt not pervert the rights of thy poor in his cause. ⁷ Keep thee far from a false matter; and slay thou not the innocent and righteous; for I will not justify the wicked.