Which verse exhorts not to follow a multitude to do evil and not speak in a cause to decline after many to wrest judgement?

• A. Proverbs 31:31
• B. Leviticus 19:2
• C. Exodus 22:2
• D. 2 Corinthians 13:5

Answer: (C)

Not following a crowd to do evil and not perverting justice shows up as a call to integrity in how we judge and act, even when many around us do otherwise. The precise instruction to resist being swayed by the multitude and to avoid influencing a decision by popularity is found in Exodus 23:2-3, which cautions not to follow the crowd to do evil and not to pervert justice by giving in to the pressure of many. That direct pairing of resisting wrongdoing because of numbers and guarding fair judgment best fits the prompt, because it speaks to both not joining in evil and not letting a majority distort a judgment. Other verses point to different themes—wisdom and character in Proverbs, holiness in Leviticus, or self-examination in Paul’s letters—so they don’t address this exact admonition.