1. "Do not spread false reports. Do not help a wicked man by being a malicious witness.
2. "Do not follow the crowd in doing wrong. When you give testimony in a lawsuit, do not pervert justice by siding with the crowd,
3. and do not show favoritism to a poor man in his lawsuit.
4. "If you come across your enemy's ox or donkey wandering off, be sure to take it back to him.
5. If you see the donkey of someone who hates you fallen down under its load, do not leave it there; be sure you help him with it.
6. "Do not deny justice to your poor people in their lawsuits.
7. Have nothing to do with a false charge and do not put an innocent or honest person to death, for I will not acquit the guilty.
8. "Do not accept a bribe, for a bribe blinds those who see and twists the words of the righteous.
9. "Do not oppress an alien; you yourselves know how it feels to be aliens, because you were aliens in Egypt.
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These are some very fundamental laws that a lot of societies went by and some, which we still practice.
The favoritism strikes me here since James mentions it in the New Testament and of course Jesus showed us a great example of this.
Going with the crowd is so much easier then going against it. There are times when one must take the courage and speak the truth and stand firmly for the injustice.
We can clearly see God hates people taking advantage of the poor and the weak.
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