Exodus 23:2

You shall not follow the crowd in wrongdoing. When you testify in a lawsuit, do not pervert justice by siding with the crowd.

Cross References (34)

  • Proverbs 1:10–11 (11)

    My son, if sinners entice you, do not yield to them.

  • Proverbs 1:15 (10)

    my son, do not walk the road with them or set foot upon their path.

  • Luke 23:23–24 (7)

    But they were insistent, demanding with loud voices for Jesus to be crucified. And their clamor prevailed.

  • Matthew 27:24–26 (6)

    When Pilate saw that he was accomplishing nothing, but that instead a riot was breaking out, he took water and washed hi

  • Job 31:34 (6)

    because I greatly feared the crowds and the contempt of the clans terrified me, so that I kept silent and would not go o

  • 1 Kings 19:10 (5)

    “I have been very zealous for the LORD, the God of Hosts,” he replied, “but the Israelites have forsaken Your covenant,

  • Exodus 23:6–7 (5)

    You shall not deny justice to the poor in their lawsuits.

  • Deuteronomy 1:17 (5)

    Show no partiality in judging; hear both small and great alike. Do not be intimidated by anyone, for judgment belongs to

  • Exodus 32:1–5 (4)

    Now when the people saw that Moses was delayed in coming down from the mountain, they gathered around Aaron and said, “C

  • Luke 23:51 (4)

    who had not consented to their decision or action. He was from the Judean town of Arimathea and was waiting for the king

  • Numbers 14:1–10 (4)

    Then the whole congregation lifted up their voices and cried out, and that night the people wept.

  • John 7:50–51 (4)

    Nicodemus, who had gone to Jesus earlier and who himself was one of them, asked,

  • Joshua 24:15 (4)

    But if it is unpleasing in your sight to serve the LORD, then choose for yourselves this day whom you will serve, whethe

  • Proverbs 4:14 (4)

    Do not set foot on the path of the wicked or walk in the way of evildoers.

  • Mark 15:15 (4)

    And wishing to satisfy the crowd, Pilate released Barabbas to them. But he had Jesus flogged, and handed Him over to be

  • Genesis 6:12 (3)

    And God looked upon the earth and saw that it was corrupt; for all living creatures on the earth had corrupted their way

  • Acts 24:27 (3)

    After two years had passed, Felix was succeeded by Porcius Festus. And wishing to do the Jews a favor, Felix left Paul i

  • Jeremiah 38:5–6 (3)

    “Here he is,” replied King Zedekiah. “He is in your hands, since the king can do nothing to stop you.”

  • Jeremiah 37:21 (3)

    So King Zedekiah gave orders for Jeremiah to be placed in the courtyard of the guard and given a loaf of bread daily fro

  • Leviticus 19:15 (3)

    You must not pervert justice; you must not show partiality to the poor or favoritism to the rich; you are to judge your

  • Jeremiah 38:9 (3)

    “My lord the king, these men have acted wickedly in all that they have done to Jeremiah the prophet. They have dropped h

  • Psalms 72:2 (3)

    May he judge Your people with righteousness and Your afflicted with justice.

  • Jeremiah 37:15 (3)

    The officials were angry with Jeremiah, and they beat him and placed him in jail in the house of Jonathan the scribe, fo

  • Genesis 19:4 (3)

    Before they had gone to bed, all the men of the city of Sodom, both young and old, surrounded the house.

  • Genesis 19:7–9 (3)

    “Please, my brothers,” he pleaded, “don’t do such a wicked thing!

  • Acts 25:9 (3)

    But Festus, wishing to do the Jews a favor, said to Paul, “Are you willing to go up to Jerusalem to stand trial before m

  • Ezekiel 9:9 (2)

    He replied, “The iniquity of the house of Israel and Judah is exceedingly great. The land is full of bloodshed, and the

  • Deuteronomy 16:19 (2)

    Do not deny justice or show partiality. Do not accept a bribe, for a bribe blinds the eyes of the wise and twists the wo

  • Galatians 2:11–13 (2)

    When Cephas came to Antioch, however, I opposed him to his face, because he stood condemned.

  • Romans 1:32 (2)

    Although they know God’s righteous decree that those who do such things are worthy of death, they not only continue to d

  • Genesis 7:1 (2)

    Then the LORD said to Noah, “Go into the ark, you and all your family, because I have found you righteous in this genera

  • Deuteronomy 24:17 (2)

    Do not deny justice to the foreigner or the fatherless, and do not take a widow’s cloak as security.

  • Haggai 1:4 (1)

    “Is it a time for you yourselves to live in your paneled houses, while this house lies in ruins?”

  • 1 Samuel 15:9 (1)

    Saul and his troops spared Agag, along with the best of the sheep and cattle, the fat calves and lambs, and the best of