Exodus 23:1-7

1“Do not to spread a false report. Do not join hands with the wicked by becoming a malicious witness.

2“Do not follow a crowd to do evil. Nor are you to testify in a case, to follow a crowd and pervert justice.

3On the other hand, nor should you takes sides with a poor man in his case.

4“If you find your enemy’s ox or his donkey going astray, you must surely bring it back to him again.

5If you see the donkey of the one that hates you lying down under its burden, do not leave it. Rather, you are to release it with him.

6“You are not to pervert justice to your poor in his dispute.

7Stay far away from a false charge. Do not kill the innocent and the righteous, for I will not justify the guilty.