Exodus 23:7

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Summary

Exodus 23:7

Keep thee far from a false matter; and the innocent and righteous slay thou not: for I will not justify the wicked.

Far from

The innocent

Deuteronomy 27:25

For i will not

Romans 2:5

General references

Bible References

Far from

You shall not raise a false report. Do not put your hand with the wicked to be an unrighteous witness.

You shall not steal, nor lie, nor be deceitful to one another.

If a false witness rises up against any man to testify a falling away against him,

If you return to the Almighty, you shall be built up; you shall put away injustice far from your tents.

Enter not into the path of the wicked, and go not into the way of evil.

He who walks righteously and speaks uprightly; he who despises the gain of oppressions, who shakes his hands free from holding bribes, who stops his ear from hearing of blood, and shuts his eyes from seeing evil;

And the soldiers also asked of him, saying, And what shall we do? And he said to them, Do not forcibly extort anyone, nor accuse any falsely. And be content with your wages.

Therefore putting away lying, let each man speak truth with his neighbor, for we are members of one another.

Abstain from every appearance of evil.

The innocent

Cursed is he who takes reward to kill an innocent person. And all the people shall say, Amen.

For i will not

keeping mercy for thousands, forgiving iniquity and transgression and sin, and who will by no means clear the guilty, visiting the iniquity of fathers on the sons, and on the sons of sons, to the third and to the fourth generation.

He who justifies the wicked, and he who condemns the just, even both of them are hateful to Jehovah.

Jehovah is slow to anger, and great in power. And He does not by any means acquit the guilty. Jehovah has His way in the tempest and in the storm, and the clouds are the dust of His feet.

For the wrath of God is revealed from Heaven against all ungodliness and unrighteousness of men, who suppress the truth in unrighteousness,

But according to your hardness and your impenitent heart, do you treasure up wrath for yourself in a day of wrath and revelation of the righteous judgment of God,

General references

You shall not bear false witness against your neighbor.

You shall do no unrighteousness in judgment. You shall not respect the person of the poor, nor honor the person of the mighty; but you shall judge your neighbor in righteousness.

If there is a controversy between men, and they come to judgment, and they have been judged, and the righteous one is declared righteous, and the wrongdoer declared guilty,

Cursed is he who takes reward to kill an innocent person. And all the people shall say, Amen.

Avoid it; do not pass by it; turn from it, and pass on!

Abstain from every appearance of evil.