Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
Summary
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
For i will not
General references
Bible References
Far from
Exodus 23:1
"You shall not spread a false report. Don't join your hand with the wicked to be a malicious witness.
Leviticus 19:11
"'You shall not steal. "'You shall not lie. "'You shall not deceive one another.
Deuteronomy 19:16
If an unrighteous witness rise up against any man to testify against him of wrongdoing,
Job 22:23
If you return to the Almighty, you shall be built up, if you put away unrighteousness far from your tents.
Proverbs 4:14
Don't enter into the path of the wicked. Don't walk in the way of evil men.
Isaiah 33:15
He who walks righteously, and speaks blamelessly; He who despises the gain of oppressions, who gestures with his hands, refusing to take a bribe, who stops his ears from hearing of blood, and shuts his eyes from looking at evil --
Luke 3:14
Soldiers also asked him, saying, "What about us? What must we do?" He said to them, "Extort from no one by violence, neither accuse anyone wrongfully. Be content with your wages."
Ephesians 4:25
Therefore, putting away falsehood, speak truth each one with his neighbor. For we are members of one another.
1 Thessalonians 5:22
Abstain from every form of evil.
The innocent
Deuteronomy 27:25
'Cursed is he who takes a bribe to kill an innocent person.' All the people shall say, 'Amen.'
For i will not
Exodus 34:7
keeping loving kindness for thousands, forgiving iniquity and disobedience and sin; and that will by no means clear the guilty, visiting the iniquity of the fathers on the children, and on the children's children, on the third and on the fourth generation."
Proverbs 17:15
He who justifies the wicked, and he who condemns the righteous, both of them alike are an abomination to Yahweh.
Nahum 1:3
Yahweh is slow to anger, and great in power, and will by no means leave the guilty unpunished. Yahweh has his way in the whirlwind and in the storm, and the clouds are the dust of his feet.
Romans 1:18
For the wrath of God is revealed from heaven against all ungodliness and unrighteousness of men, who suppress the truth in unrighteousness,
Romans 2:5
But according to your hardness and unrepentant heart you are treasuring up for yourself wrath in the day of wrath, revelation, and of the righteous judgment of God;
General references
Exodus 20:16
"You shall not give false testimony against your neighbor.
Leviticus 19:15
"'You shall do no injustice in judgment: you shall not be partial to the poor, nor show favoritism to the great; but you shall judge your neighbor in righteousness.
Deuteronomy 25:1
If there be a controversy between men, and they come to judgment, and [the judges] judge them; then they shall justify the righteous, and condemn the wicked;
Deuteronomy 27:25
'Cursed is he who takes a bribe to kill an innocent person.' All the people shall say, 'Amen.'
Proverbs 4:15
Avoid it, and don't pass by it. Turn from it, and pass on.
1 Thessalonians 5:22
Abstain from every form of evil.