Justice for All

23 “You shall not spread a false report. You shall not join hands with the wicked to act as a malicious witness.^{(A) 2} You shall not follow a majority in wrongdoing; when you bear witness in a lawsuit, you shall not side with the majority so as to pervert justice,^{[a](B) 3} nor shall you be partial to the poor in a lawsuit.

⁶ “You shall not pervert the justice due to your poor in their lawsuits.^{(A) 7} Keep far from a false charge, and do not kill the innocent and those in the right, for I will not acquit the guilty.^{(B) 8} You shall take no bribe, for a bribe blinds officials and subverts the cause of those who are in the right.^(C)