Old TestamentExodusDuties of the Judges · 23:6–923:6 Thou shalt not wrest the judgment of thy poor in his cause.23:7 Keep thee far from a false matter; and the innocent and righteous slay thou not: for I will not justify the wicked.23:8 And thou shalt take no gift: for the gift blindeth the wise, and perverteth the words of the righteous.23:9 Also thou shalt not oppress a stranger: for ye know the heart of a stranger, seeing ye were strangers in the land of Egypt.