You shall not go around as a gossip-monger amidst your people. You shall not stand by [the shedding of] your fellow’s blood. I am the Lord.
Leviticus 19:16
The Bible, in Vayikra (Leviticus) Chapter 19 we are admonished, “You shall not go around as a gossip-monger amidst your people. You shall not stand by [the shedding of] your fellow’s blood. I am the Lord.” The Talmudic sages interpreted this passage to mean that If someone is a person who is in trouble when you are able to save him; just do it.