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The Book of Exodus, Chapter 23, Verse 3

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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]:
King James Version
Neither shalt thou countenance a poor man in his cause.
American Standard Version
neither shalt thou favor a poor man in his cause.
New English Translation
and you must not show partiality to a poor man in his lawsuit.
World English Bible
neither shall you favor 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.
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Six days thou shalt do thy work, and on the seventh day thou shalt rest: that thine ox and thine ass may rest, and the son of thy handmaid, and the stranger, may be refreshed.
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And in all [things] that I have said unto you be circumspect: and make no mention of the name of other gods, neither let it be heard out of thy mouth.