You Shall Not Follow
A Majority
In Wrongdoing
You shall not spread a false report.
You shall not join hands with the wicked to act as a malicious witness. 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; nor shall you be
partial to the poor in a lawsuit.
When you come upon your enemy’s ox or
donkey going astray, you shall bring it back.
When you see the donkey of one who
hates you lying under its burden and you would hold back from setting it free,
you must help to set it free.
You shall not pervert the justice due
to your poor in their lawsuits. Keep far from a false charge, and do not kill
the innocent and those in the right, for I will not acquit the guilty. You
shall take no bribe, for a bribe blinds the officials, and subverts the cause
of those who are in the right.
You shall not oppress a resident
alien; you know the heart of an alien, for you were
aliens in the
From Old Testament days until now, God
has commanded His people to exercise justice in their dealings with others.
Jesus rebuked the Pharisees for doing their religious duties while neglecting
the key issues of meting out justice and showing the love of God in their
lives. As Christians we are to treat people with fairness and integrity. It is
our responsibility. The best way to honor God is to live out truth in action in
our world today.
God’s standard
of justice
leaves no room for
prejudice.
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