A moment in scripture
Exodus 23:1
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Thou shalt not raise a false report: put not thine hand with the wicked to be an unrighteous witness.
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The surrounding passage
- Exodus 23:2
Thou shalt not follow a multitude to do evil; neither shalt thou speak in a cause to decline after many to wrest judgment:
- Exodus 23:3
Neither shalt thou countenance a poor man in his cause.
Scripture: King James Version (KJV), English, 66-book canon. The quotation retains the wording and numbering of our source corpus.