Exodus 23:1 - Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

Bible Comments

Raise] RV 'take up,' i.e. give ear to. This is an extension of the ninth commandment: cp. the Arabic proverb, 'In wickedness the listener is the ally of the speaker.'

Exodus 23:1

1 Thou shalt not raisea a false report: put not thine hand with the wicked to be an unrighteous witness.