Exodus 23:2-3
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2 “You must not follow a crowd in wrongdoing. Do not testify in a lawsuit and go along with a crowd to pervert justice.(A) 3 Do not show favoritism to a poor person in his lawsuit.
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Exodus 23:6-9
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6 “You must not deny justice to a poor person among you in his lawsuit. 7 Stay far away from a false accusation. Do not kill the innocent and the just, because I will not justify the guilty.(A) 8 You must not take a bribe,(B) for a bribe blinds the clear-sighted and corrupts the words[a] of the righteous. 9 You must not oppress a foreign resident;(C) you yourselves know how it feels to be a foreigner because you were foreigners in the land of Egypt.
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- Exodus 23:8 Or and subverts the cause
Deuteronomy 30:9
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9 The Lord your God will make you prosper abundantly in all the work of your hands(A) with children,[a] the offspring of your livestock, and your land’s produce. Indeed, the Lord will again delight in your prosperity, as He delighted in that of your fathers,
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- Deuteronomy 30:9 Lit hands in the fruit of your womb
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