“You must not follow a crowd in wrongdoing. Do not testify in a lawsuit and go along with a crowd to pervert justice.(A) Do not show favoritism to a poor person in his lawsuit.

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“Do not follow the crowd in doing wrong. When you give testimony in a lawsuit, do not pervert justice(A) by siding with the crowd,(B) and do not show favoritism(C) to a poor person in a lawsuit.

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“You must not deny justice to a poor person among you in his lawsuit. Stay far away from a false accusation. Do not kill the innocent and the just, because I will not justify the guilty.(A) You must not take a bribe,(B) for a bribe blinds the clear-sighted and corrupts the words[a] of the righteous. You must not oppress a resident alien;(C) you yourselves know how it feels to be a resident alien because you were resident aliens in the land of Egypt.

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  1. 23:8 Or and subverts the cause

“Do not deny justice(A) to your poor people in their lawsuits. Have nothing to do with a false charge(B) and do not put an innocent(C) or honest person to death,(D) for I will not acquit the guilty.(E)

“Do not accept a bribe,(F) for a bribe blinds those who see and twists the words of the innocent.

“Do not oppress a foreigner;(G) you yourselves know how it feels to be foreigners, because you were foreigners in Egypt.

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The Lord your God will make you prosper abundantly in all the work of your hands,(A) your offspring,[a] the offspring of your livestock, and the produce of your land. Indeed, the Lord will again delight in your prosperity, as he delighted in that of your ancestors,

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  1. 30:9 Lit hands in the fruit of your womb

Then the Lord your God will make you most prosperous in all the work of your hands and in the fruit of your womb, the young of your livestock and the crops of your land.(A) The Lord will again delight(B) in you and make you prosperous, just as he delighted in your ancestors,

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