Exodus 23:1-5: in context

These commands guard justice and integrity in the face of pressure. You shall not spread a false report, God says, nor join hands with the wicked to be a malicious witness; and, strikingly, you shall not follow a crowd to do evil. It is a warning against the strong pull of the majority, the temptation to go along with wrongdoing simply because many others are doing it.

Truth and justice are not decided by the size of the crowd, and we are not to bend them to side with a multitude. And then two commands turn from the courtroom to the road, and reach even further: if you meet your enemy's ox or donkey going astray, bring it back; if you see the donkey of one who hates you fallen under its burden, do not leave him, but help him lift it. Integrity that resists the crowd, and kindness that extends even to an enemy, these are the marks of a heart shaped by God. We are called not to follow the crowd into wrong, and to do good even to those who hate us, going out of our way to help the very person we might be glad to see stumble.

Do I refuse to follow the crowd into wrongdoing, holding to truth against the pressure of the majority, and do I extend kindness even to those who hate me, helping the enemy I might rather see stumble?