Exodus 23:2

Tree of Life Version

“Do not follow a crowd to do evil. Nor are you to testify in a case, to follow a crowd and pervert justice.

Cross References

Genesis 19:4

They had not yet lain down when the men of the city (the men of Sodom) surrounded the house—from youth to elderly, all the people without exception.

Genesis 6:12

God saw the earth, and behold it was ruined because all flesh had corrupted their way upon the earth.

Genesis 7:1

Then Adonai said to Noah, “Come—you and all your household—into the ark. For you only do I perceive as righteous before Me in this generation.

1 Kings 19:10

“I have been very zealous for Adonai-Tzva’ot,” he said, “for the children of Israel have forsaken Your covenant, torn down Your altars and slain Your prophets with the sword—and I alone am left, and they are seeking my life, to take it!”

Job 31:34

because I feared a great multitude, and the contempt of clans terrified me, so that I kept silent and would not go outside.

Psalm 72:2

May he judge Your people with righteousness, and Your poor ones with justice.

Proverbs 1:15

My son, do not go along with them, keep your foot from their path—

Proverbs 18:5

Showing partiality to the wicked is not good, nor is depriving the innocent of justice.

Proverbs 4:14

Do not enter the path of the wicked or walk in the way of evil people.

Jeremiah 37:15

The officials were angry with Jeremiah, had him beaten, and put him in prison in the house of Jonathan the scribe, for they had made that the prison.

Jeremiah 37:21

Then Zedekiah the king gave a command, and they committed Jeremiah into the courtyard of the guard. They gave him a loaf of bread from the bakers’ street daily, until all the bread in the city was spent. So Jeremiah stayed in the guard’s courtyard.

Jeremiah 38:9

“My lord the king, these men have done evil in all that they have done to Jeremiah the prophet, whom they cast into the pit. He is likely to die right where he is from hunger, for there is no more bread in the city.”

Ezekiel 9:9

He said to me, “The iniquity of the house of Israel and Judah is very, very great; the land is full of blood and the city is full of corruption. For they say, ‘Adonai has forsaken the land, Adonai does not see!’

Leviticus 19:15

“You are to do no injustice in judgment. You are not to be partial toward the poor nor show favoritism toward the great, but you are to judge your neighbor with fairness.

Haggai 1:4

“Is it a time for you yourselves to dwell in your paneled houses, while this House lies in ruins?

Mark 15:15

Wanting to satisfy the crowd, Pilate released Bar-Abba for them. And after he had Yeshua scourged, he handed Him over to be crucified.

Luke 23:51

(He had not been in agreement with the council and their action.) He was from the Judean town of Arimathea, and he was waiting for the kingdom of God.

Acts 24:27

But after two years had passed, Felix was succeeded by Porcius Festus; and wishing to do the Judean leaders a favor, Felix left Paul in prison.

Acts 25:9

But Festus, wanting to do the Jewish leaders a favor, said to Paul, “Are you willing to go up to Jerusalem to be tried before me?”

Romans 1:32

Though they know God’s righteous decree—that those who practice such things deserve death—they not only do them but also approve of others who practice the same.

Deuteronomy 1:17

You must not show partiality in judgment —you must hear the small and the great alike. Fear no man, for the judgment is God’s. The case that is too hard for you, you shall bring to me and I will hear it.’

Deuteronomy 16:19

You are not to twist justice—you must not show partiality or take a bribe, for a bribe blinds the eyes of the wise and distorts the words of the righteous.

Deuteronomy 24:17

You are not to twist justice for an outsider or orphan, and you are not to take as collateral a widow’s clothing.

Joshua 24:15

If it seems bad to you to worship Adonai, then choose for yourselves today whom you will serve—whether the gods that your fathers worshipped that were beyond the River or the gods of the Amorites in whose land you are living. But as for me and my household, we will worship Adonai!”

1 Samuel 15:24

Then Saul said to Samuel, “I have sinned! For I have transgressed against the word of Adonai and your words—because I feared the people and listened to their voice.

1 Samuel 15:9

But Saul and the people spared Agag as well as the best of the sheep, the cattle, even the fatlings and the lambs, and all that was good, since they were not willing to utterly destroy them; everything that was worthless and feeble, they destroyed completely.