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Exodus 23:2

Christian Standard Bible Anglicised

‘You must not follow a crowd in wrongdoing. Do not testify in a lawsuit and go along with a crowd to pervert justice.

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my son, don’t travel that road with them or set foot on their path,


because I greatly feared the crowds and because the contempt of the clans terrified me, so I grew silent and would not go outside?


Do not show partiality when deciding a case;  listen to small and great alike. Do not be intimidated by anyone, for judgement belongs to God.  Bring me any case too difficult for you, and I will hear it.


who had not agreed with their plan  and action. He was from Arimathea, a Judean town, and was looking forward to the kingdom of God.


Wanting to satisfy the crowd, Pilate released Barabbas to them; and after having Jesus flogged, he handed him over to be crucified.


Keep off the path of the wicked; don’t proceed on the way of evil ones.


He replied, ‘I have been very zealous  for the Lord God of Armies, but the Israelites have abandoned your covenant,  torn down your altars,  and killed your prophets  with the sword. I alone am left,  and they are looking for me to take my life.’


But if it doesn’t please you to worship the Lord, choose for yourselves today: Which will you worship #– #the gods your ancestors worshipped beyond the River Euphrates or the gods of the Amorites in whose land you are living?  As for me and my family, we will worship the Lord.’


But Festus, wanting to do the Jews a favour,  replied to Paul, ‘Are you willing to go up to Jerusalem to be tried before me there on these charges? ’


After two years had passed, Porcius Festus  succeeded Felix, and because Felix wanted to do the Jews a favour,  he left Paul in prison.


‘My lord the king, these men have been evil in all they have done to the prophet Jeremiah. They have dropped him into the cistern, where he will die from hunger, because there is no more bread in the city.’


So King Zedekiah gave orders, and Jeremiah was placed in the guard’s courtyard.  He was given a loaf of bread each day from the bakers’ street until all the bread was gone from the city. So Jeremiah remained in the guard’s courtyard.


The officials were angry at Jeremiah and beat him and placed him in jail in the house of Jonathan  the scribe, for it had been made into a prison.


‘Do not act unjustly  when deciding a case. Do not be partial  to the poor or give preference to the rich;  judge your neighbour fairly.


Before they went to bed, the men of the city of Sodom, both young and old, the whole population, surrounded the house.


God saw how corrupt the earth was, for every creature had corrupted its way on the earth.


Although they know God’s just sentence #– #that those who practise such things deserve to die  ,  #– #they not only do them, but even applaud  , others who practise them.


He answered me, ‘The iniquity of the house of Israel and Judah is extremely great; the land is full of bloodshed,  and the city full of perversity. For they say, “The Lord has abandoned the land;  he does not see.”


Do not deny justice to a resident foreigner or fatherless child, and do not take a widow’s garment as security.


Do not deny justice or show partiality to anyone. Do not accept a bribe, for it blinds the eyes of the wise and twists the words of the righteous.


Then the Lord said to Noah, ‘Enter the ark, you and all your household, for I have seen that you alone are righteous before me in this generation.


‘Is it a time for you yourselves to live in your panelled houses,  while this house  lies in ruins? ’


Saul and the troops spared Agag, and the best of the sheep, goats, cattle, and choice animals,  as well as the young rams and the best of everything else. They were not willing to destroy them, but they did destroy all the worthless and unwanted things.


It is not good to show partiality to the guilty, denying an innocent person justice.


Saul answered Samuel, ‘I have sinned.  I have transgressed the Lord’s command  and your words. Because I was afraid of the people, I obeyed them.





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