Exodus 23:2 Cross References
Exodus 23:2
2: "Do not join a crowd that intends to do evil. When you are on the witness stand, do not be swayed in your testimony by the opinion of the majority.
Luke 23:23
- But the crowd shouted louder and louder for Jesus' death, and their voices prevailed.
- So Pilate sentenced Jesus to die as they demanded.
Exodus 23:6
- "Do not twist justice against people simply because they are poor.
- "Keep far away from falsely charging anyone with evil. Never put an innocent or honest person to death. I will not allow anyone guilty of this to go free.
Proverbs 1:10
- My child, if sinners entice you, turn your back on them!
- They may say, "Come and join us. Let's hide and kill someone! Let's ambush the innocent!
Joshua 24:15
- But if you are unwilling to serve the LORD, then choose today whom you will serve. Would you prefer the gods your ancestors served beyond the Euphrates? Or will it be the gods of the Amorites in whose land you now live? But as for me and my family, we will serve the LORD."
Leviticus 19:15
- "Always judge your neighbors fairly, neither favoring the poor nor showing deference to the rich.
Job 31:34
- Have I feared the crowd and its contempt, so that I refused to acknowledge my sin and would not go outside?
Deuteronomy 1:17
- When you make decisions, never favor those who are rich; be fair to lowly and great alike. Don't be afraid of how they will react, for you are judging in the place of God. Bring me any cases that are too difficult for you, and I will handle them.'
1 Kings 19:10
- Elijah replied, "I have zealously served the LORD God Almighty. But the people of Israel have broken their covenant with you, torn down your altars, and killed every one of your prophets. I alone am left, and now they are trying to kill me, too."
Matthew 27:24
- Pilate saw that he wasn't getting anywhere and that a riot was developing. So he sent for a bowl of water and washed his hands before the crowd, saying, "I am innocent of the blood of this man. The responsibility is yours!"
- And all the people yelled back, "We will take responsibility for his death--we and our children!"
- So Pilate released Barabbas to them. He ordered Jesus flogged with a lead-tipped whip, then turned him over to the Roman soldiers to crucify him.
Exodus 32:1
- When Moses failed to come back down the mountain right away, the people went to Aaron. "Look," they said, "make us some gods who can lead us. This man Moses, who brought us here from Egypt, has disappeared. We don't know what has happened to him."
- So Aaron said, "Tell your wives and sons and daughters to take off their gold earrings, and then bring them to me."
- All the people obeyed Aaron and brought him their gold earrings.
- Then Aaron took the gold, melted it down, and molded and tooled it into the shape of a calf. The people exclaimed, "O Israel, these are the gods who brought you out of Egypt!"
- When Aaron saw how excited the people were about it, he built an altar in front of the calf and announced, "Tomorrow there will be a festival to the LORD!"
Proverbs 1:15
- Don't go along with them, my child! Stay far away from their paths.
Mark 15:15
- So Pilate, anxious to please the crowd, released Barabbas to them. He ordered Jesus flogged with a lead-tipped whip, then turned him over to the Roman soldiers to crucify him.
John 7:50
- Nicodemus, the leader who had met with Jesus earlier, then spoke up.
- "Is it legal to convict a man before he is given a hearing?" he asked.
Numbers 14:1
- Then all the people began weeping aloud, and they cried all night.
- Their voices rose in a great chorus of complaint against Moses and Aaron. "We wish we had died in Egypt, or even here in the wilderness!" they wailed.
- "Why is the LORD taking us to this country only to have us die in battle? Our wives and little ones will be carried off as slaves! Let's get out of here and return to Egypt!"
- Then they plotted among themselves, "Let's choose a leader and go back to Egypt!"
- Then Moses and Aaron fell face down on the ground before the people of Israel.
1 Samuel 15:9
- Saul and his men spared Agag's life and kept the best of the sheep and cattle, the fat calves and lambs--everything, in fact, that appealed to them. They destroyed only what was worthless or of poor quality.
Romans 1:32
- They are fully aware of God's death penalty for those who do these things, yet they go right ahead and do them anyway. And, worse yet, they encourage others to do them, too.
Luke 23:51
- but he had not agreed with the decision and actions of the other religious leaders. He was from the town of Arimathea in Judea, and he had been waiting for the Kingdom of God to come.
Deuteronomy 24:17
- "True justice must be given to foreigners living among you and to orphans, and you must never accept a widow's garment in pledge of her debt.
Deuteronomy 16:19
- You must never twist justice or show partiality. Never accept a bribe, for bribes blind the eyes of the wise and corrupt the decisions of the godly.
Proverbs 4:14
- Do not do as the wicked do or follow the path of evildoers.
Acts 25:9
- Then Festus, wanting to please the Jews, asked him, "Are you willing to go to Jerusalem and stand trial before me there?"
Haggai 1:4
- "Why are you living in luxurious houses while my house lies in ruins?
Jeremiah 37:21
- So King Zedekiah commanded that Jeremiah not be returned to the dungeon. Instead, he was imprisoned in the courtyard of the guard in the royal palace. The king also commanded that Jeremiah be given a loaf of fresh bread every day as long as there was any left in the city. So Jeremiah was put in the palace prison.
Ezekiel 9:9
- Then he said to me, "The sins of the people of Israel and Judah are very great. The entire land is full of murder; the city is filled with injustice. They are saying, `The LORD doesn't see it! The LORD has forsaken the land!'
Acts 24:27
- Two years went by in this way; then Felix was succeeded by Porcius Festus. And because Felix wanted to gain favor with the Jewish leaders, he left Paul in prison.
Psalms 72:2
- Help him judge your people in the right way; let the poor always be treated fairly.
Jeremiah 38:5
- So King Zedekiah agreed. "All right," he said. "Do as you like. I will do nothing to stop you."
- So the officials took Jeremiah from his cell and lowered him by ropes into an empty cistern in the prison yard. It belonged to Malkijah, a member of the royal family. There was no water in the cistern, but there was a thick layer of mud at the bottom, and Jeremiah sank down into it.
Genesis 7:1
- Finally, the day came when the LORD said to Noah, "Go into the boat with all your family, for among all the people of the earth, I consider you alone to be righteous.
Jeremiah 37:15
- They were furious with Jeremiah and had him flogged and imprisoned in the house of Jonathan the secretary. Jonathan's house had been converted into a prison.
Genesis 6:12
- God observed all this corruption in the world, and he saw violence and depravity everywhere.
Jeremiah 38:9
- "My lord the king," he said, "these men have done a very evil thing in putting Jeremiah the prophet into the cistern. He will soon die of hunger, for almost all the bread in the city is gone."
Genesis 19:4
- as they were preparing to retire for the night, all the men of Sodom, young and old, came from all over the city and surrounded the house.
Galatians 2:11
- But when Peter came to Antioch, I had to oppose him publicly, speaking strongly against what he was doing, for it was very wrong.
- When he first arrived, he ate with the Gentile Christians, who don't bother with circumcision. But afterward, when some Jewish friends of James came, Peter wouldn't eat with the Gentiles anymore because he was afraid of what these legalists would say.
- Then the other Jewish Christians followed Peter's hypocrisy, and even Barnabas was influenced to join them in their hypocrisy.
Genesis 19:7
- "Please, my brothers," he begged, "don't do such a wicked thing.
- Look--I have two virgin daughters. Do with them as you wish, but leave these men alone, for they are under my protection."
- "Stand back!" they shouted. "Who do you think you are? We let you settle among us, and now you are trying to tell us what to do! We'll treat you far worse than those other men!" And they lunged at Lot and began breaking down the door.