Musar for Shevuot 59:8
מאי אם נפשך לומר וכי תימא בתובע ונתבע קא משתעי קרא נאמר כאן שני ונאמר להלן שני מה להלן בעדים אף כאן בעדים
Another [Baraitha] taught: And the two men shall stand; the verse refers to witnesses. You say [it refers to witnesses; but perhaps [it refers to] the litigants? You may retort: Do, then, two come to court, and do not three ever come to court?<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' Litigants may be more than two: therefore the two men refers to witnesses.');"><sup>17</sup></span>
Shemirat HaLashon
One should also accustom himself to judge his friend in the scales of merit, as Chazal have said (Shevuoth 30a): "(Vayikra 19:15): 'In righteousness shall you judge your friend' — Judge your friend in the scales of merit." And this is one of the things for which one eats the fruits in this world, with the principal remaining for the world to come, as they said in Shabbath 127a.
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