Exodus 23:2
You shall not follow the crowd in wrongdoing. When you testify in a lawsuit, do not pervert justice by siding with the crowd.
Thou shalt not follow a multitude to do evil; neither shalt thou speak in a cause to decline after many to wrest judgment:
Note speak: Heb. answer
“You shall not follow a crowd to do evil. You shall not testify in court to side with a multitude to pervert justice.
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:
Related passages
From the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge, grouped by the word they explain.
- follow
- Exodus 32:1–5; Genesis 6:12; Genesis 7:1; Genesis 19:4, 7–9; Numbers 14:1–10; Joshua 24:15; 1 Samuel 15:9; 1 Kings 19:10; Job 31:34; Proverbs 1:10, 11, 15; Proverbs 4:14; Matthew 27:24–26; Mark 15:15; Luke 23:23, 24, 51; John 7:50, 51; Acts 24:27; Acts 25:9; Romans 1:32; Galatians 2:11–13
- speak
- or, answer. to decline.
- Exodus 23:6, 7; Leviticus 19:15; Deuteronomy 1:17; Psalm 72:2; Jeremiah 37:15, 21; Jeremiah 38:5, 6, 9; Ezekiel 9:9; Haggai 1:4