Holy Scripture
Exodus 23:4
A church father on this verse
“A reputation for nobility follows the refusal to remember ills and leads to the cessation of hostility. From this we become disposed to concord, and concord leads to happiness. If you catch anyone you regard as a traditional enemy acting stupidly and irrationally out of desire or temper, turn him toward good behavior.”
Source: Septuagint
Original
4And if thou meet thine enemy’s ox or his ass going astray, thou shalt turn them back and restore them to him.
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In context
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.
3And thou shalt not spare a poor man in judgment.
— Exodus 23:4 —
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.
6Thou shalt not wrest the sentence of the poor in his judgment.