Holy Scripture
Exodus 23:3
A church father on this verse
“"Thou shalt not pity," It saith, "the poor in judgment." (Ex. xxiii. 3.) What is meant? "Be not broken down, nor bent," It saith, "if he that doth the wrong be a poor man." Now if you may not favor a poor man, much less a rich. And this I say not only to you who are judges, but to all men, that they nowhere pervert ju…”
Source: Septuagint
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3And thou shalt not spare a poor man in judgment.
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1Thou shalt not receive a vain report: thou shalt not agree with the unjust man to become an unjust witness.
2Thou shalt not associate with the multitude for evil; thou shalt not join thyself with a multitude to turn aside with the majority so as to shut out judgment.
— Exodus 23:3 —
4And if thou meet thine enemy’s ox or his ass going astray, thou shalt turn them back and restore them to him.
5And if thou see thine enemy’s ass fallen under its burden, thou shalt not pass by it, but shalt help to raise it with him.