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Exodus 23:2

Thou shalt not follow a multitude to do evil; neither shalt thou speak in a cause to decline after many to wrest judgment:

KJV

Non sequeris turbam ad faciendum malum : nec in judicio, plurimorum acquiesces sententiæ, ut a vero devies.

Vulgate

οὐκ ἔσῃ μετὰ πλειόνων ἐν κακίᾳ· οὐ προσθήσῃ μετὰ πλήθους ἐκκλῖναι μετὰ πλειόνων, ὥστε ἐκκλεῖσαι κρίσιν.

LXX

Thou shalt not follow a multitude to do evil; neither shalt thou speak in a cause to turn aside after a multitude to wrest justice:

ASV

לֹֽא תִהְיֶ֥ה אַחֲרֵֽי רַבִּ֖ים לְ/רָעֹ֑ת וְ/לֹא תַעֲנֶ֣ה עַל רִ֗ב לִ/נְטֹ֛ת אַחֲרֵ֥י רַבִּ֖ים לְ/הַטֹּֽת

Hebrew

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In the original Hebrew

9 distinct Hebrew words appear in this verse.

ו
v
noun · 717×
יְהִי֙
yhy
verb · 3549×
לֹ֣א
l'
proper_noun · 5171×
נִי
ny
verb · 325×
נָטִ֤יתִי
ntyty
verb · 216×
עַל
'l
noun · 5732×
רִ֥יב
ryb
noun · 61×
רַב
rb
verb · 458×
רָ֑ע
r'
verb · 664×

Themes

Historic Christian voices

3 passages from patristic writers, Reformers, and church catechisms citing this verse.

Cross-references

  • 1Kgs 19:10 — And he said, I have been very jealous for the LORD God of hosts: for the children of Israel have forsaken thy covenant, thrown down thine altars, and slain thy prophets with the sword; and I, even I o
  • 1Sam 15:24 — And Saul said unto Samuel, I have sinned: for I have transgressed the commandment of the LORD, and thy words: because I feared the people, and obeyed their voice.
  • 3John 1:11 — Beloved, follow not that which is evil, but that which is good. He that doeth good is of God: but he that doeth evil hath not seen God.
  • Acts 23:21 — But do not thou yield unto them: for there lie in wait for him of them more than forty men, which have bound themselves with an oath, that they will neither eat nor drink till they have killed him: an
  • Acts 24:27 — But after two years Porcius Festus came into Felix’ room: and Felix, willing to shew the Jews a pleasure, left Paul bound.
  • Acts 25:9 — But Festus, willing to do the Jews a pleasure, answered Paul, and said, Wilt thou go up to Jerusalem, and there be judged of these things before me?
  • Deut 1:16 — And I charged your judges at that time, saying, Hear the causes between your brethren, and judge righteously between every man and his brother, and the stranger that is with him.
  • Deut 1:17 — Ye shall not respect persons in judgment; but ye shall hear the small as well as the great; ye shall not be afraid of the face of man; for the judgment is God’s: and the cause that is too hard for you
  • Deut 1:17 — Ye shall not respect persons in judgment; but ye shall hear the small as well as the great; ye shall not be afraid of the face of man; for the judgment is God’s: and the cause that is too hard for you
  • Deut 12:31 — Thou shalt not do so unto the LORD thy God: for every abomination to the LORD, which he hateth, have they done unto their gods; for even their sons and their daughters they have burnt in the fire to t
  • Deut 16:19 — Thou shalt not wrest judgment; thou shalt not respect persons, neither take a gift: for a gift doth blind the eyes of the wise, and pervert the words of the righteous.
  • Deut 24:17 — Thou shalt not pervert the judgment of the stranger, nor of the fatherless; nor take a widow’s raiment to pledge:
  • Deut 27:19 — Cursed be he that perverteth the judgment of the stranger, fatherless, and widow. And all the people shall say, Amen.
  • Exod 18:21 — Moreover thou shalt provide out of all the people able men, such as fear God, men of truth, hating covetousness; and place such over them, to be rulers of thousands, and rulers of hundreds, rulers of
  • Exod 23:6 — Thou shalt not wrest the judgment of thy poor in his cause.
  • Exod 23:6 — Thou shalt not wrest the judgment of thy poor in his cause.
  • Exod 32:1 — And when the people saw that Moses delayed to come down out of the mount, the people gathered themselves together unto Aaron, and said unto him, Up, make us gods, which shall go before us; for as for
  • Gen 6:12 — And God looked upon the earth, and, behold, it was corrupt; for all flesh had corrupted his way upon the earth.
  • Gen 19:4 — But before they lay down, the men of the city, even the men of Sodom, compassed the house round, both old and young, all the people from every quarter:
  • Gen 19:4 — But before they lay down, the men of the city, even the men of Sodom, compassed the house round, both old and young, all the people from every quarter:
  • Gen 19:7 — And said, I pray you, brethren, do not so wickedly.
  • Hab 1:4 — Therefore the law is slacked, and judgment doth never go forth: for the wicked doth compass about the righteous; therefore wrong judgment proceedeth.
  • Jer 37:15 — Wherefore the princes were wroth with Jeremiah, and smote him, and put him in prison in the house of Jonathan the scribe: for they had made that the prison.
  • Jer 37:21 — Then Zedekiah the king commanded that they should commit Jeremiah into the court of the prison, and that they should give him daily a piece of bread out of the bakers’ street, until all the bread in t
  • Jer 38:5 — Then Zedekiah the king said, Behold, he is in your hand: for the king is not he that can do any thing against you.
  • Jer 38:9 — My lord the king, these men have done evil in all that they have done to Jeremiah the prophet, whom they have cast into the dungeon; and he is like to die for hunger in the place where he is: for ther
  • Job 13:8 — Will ye accept his person? will ye contend for God?
  • Job 31:34 — Did I fear a great multitude, or did the contempt of families terrify me, that I kept silence, and went not out of the door?
  • Job 31:34 — Did I fear a great multitude, or did the contempt of families terrify me, that I kept silence, and went not out of the door?
  • John 7:50 — Nicodemus saith unto them, (he that came to Jesus by night, being one of them,)
  • Josh 24:15 — And if it seem evil unto you to serve the LORD, choose you this day whom ye will serve; whether the gods which your fathers served that were on the other side of the flood, or the gods of the Amorites
  • Lev 19:15 — Ye shall do no unrighteousness in judgment: thou shalt not respect the person of the poor, nor honor the person of the mighty: but in righteousness shalt thou judge thy neighbour.
  • Lev 19:15 — Ye shall do no unrighteousness in judgment: thou shalt not respect the person of the poor, nor honor the person of the mighty: but in righteousness shalt thou judge thy neighbour.
  • Luke 23:23 — And they were instant with loud voices, requiring that he might be crucified. And the voices of them and of the chief priests prevailed.
  • Luke 23:24 — And Pilate gave sentence that it should be as they required.
  • Luke 23:51 — (The same had not consented to the counsel and deed of them;) he was of Arimathaea, a city of the Jews: who also himself waited for the kingdom of God.
  • Mark 15:15 — And so Pilate, willing to content the people, released Barabbas unto them, and delivered Jesus, when he had scourged him, to be crucified.
  • Matt 27:24 — When Pilate saw that he could prevail nothing, but that rather a tumult was made, he took water, and washed his hands before the multitude, saying, I am innocent of the blood of this just person: see
  • Num 14:1 — And all the congregation lifted up their voice, and cried; and the people wept that night.
  • Prov 1:10 — My son, if sinners entice thee, consent thou not.