Scriptures

New American Standard Bible (NASB)

Exodus 22
²³ If you afflict him at all, and if he does cry out to Me, I will surely hear his cry;
²⁴ and My anger will be kindled, and I will kill you with the sword, and your wives shall become widows and your children fatherless.
²⁵ "If you lend money to My people, to the poor among you, you are not to act as a creditor to him; you shall not charge him interest.
²⁶ If you ever take your neighbor’s cloak as a pledge, you are to return it to him before the sun sets,
²⁷ for that is his only covering; it is his cloak for his body. What else shall he sleep in? And it shall come about that when he cries out to Me, I will hear him, for I am gracious.
²⁸ "You shall not curse God, nor curse a ruler of your people.
²⁹ "You shall not delay the offering from your harvest and your vintage. The firstborn of your sons you shall give to Me.
³⁰ You shall do the same with your oxen and with your sheep. It shall be with its mother seven days; on the eighth day you shall give it to Me.
³¹ "You shall be holy men to Me, therefore you shall not eat any flesh torn to pieces in the field; you shall throw it to the dogs.
Exodus 23
¹ "You shall not bear a false report; do not join your hand with a wicked man to be a malicious witness.
² You shall not follow the masses in doing evil, nor shall you testify in a dispute so as to turn aside after a multitude in order to pervert justice;