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The Book of Exodus, Chapter 23, Verse 1

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And ye shall be holy men unto me: neither shall ye eat [any] flesh [that is] torn of beasts in the field; ye shall cast it to the dogs.
King James Version
Thou shalt not raise a false report: put not thine hand with the wicked to be an unrighteous witness.
American Standard Version
Thou shalt not take up a false report: put not thy hand with the wicked to be an unrighteous witness.
New English Translation
Justice“You must not give a false report. Do not make common cause with the wicked to be a malicious witness.
World English Bible
"You shall not spread a false report. Don't join your hand with the wicked to be a malicious witness.
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Thou shalt not follow a multitude to [do] evil; neither shalt thou speak in a cause to decline after many to wrest [judgment]:
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Neither shalt thou countenance a poor man in his cause.
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If thou meet thine enemy's ox or his ass going astray, thou shalt surely bring it back to him again.
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If thou see the ass of him that hateth thee lying under his burden, and wouldest forbear to help him, thou shalt surely help with him.
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Thou shalt not wrest the judgment of thy poor in his cause.
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Keep thee far from a false matter; and the innocent and righteous slay thou not: for I will not justify the wicked.
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And thou shalt take no gift: for the gift blindeth the wise, and perverteth the words of the righteous.
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Also thou shalt not oppress a stranger: for ye know the heart of a stranger, seeing ye were strangers in the land of Egypt.
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And six years thou shalt sow thy land, and shalt gather in the fruits thereof:
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But the seventh [year] thou shalt let it rest and lie still; that the poor of thy people may eat: and what they leave the beasts of the field shall eat. In like manner thou shalt deal with thy vineyard, [and] with thy oliveyard.