Exodus 23:7
King James Version (KJV)
Keep thee far from a false matter; and the innocent and righteous slay thou not: for I will not justify the wicked.
American Standard Version (ASV)
Keep thee far from a false matter; and the innocent and righteous slay thou not: for I will not justify the wicked.
World English Bible (WEB)
"Keep far from a false charge, and don't kill the innocent and righteous: for I will not justify the wicked.
Exodus 23:7 Cross References
Thou shalt not raise a false report: put not thine hand with the wicked to be an unrighteous witness.
Ye shall not steal, neither deal falsely, neither lie one to another.
If a false witness rise up against any man to testify against him that which is wrong;
Then both the men, between whom the controversy is, shall stand before the LORD, before the priests and the judges, which shall be in those days;
And the judges shall make diligent inquisition: and, behold, if the witness be a false witness, and hath testified falsely against his brother;
Then shall ye do unto him, as he had thought to have done unto his brother: so shalt thou put the evil away from among you.
And those which remain shall hear, and fear, and shall henceforth commit no more any such evil among you.
And thine eye shall not pity; but life shall go for life, eye for eye, tooth for tooth, hand for hand, foot for foot.
If thou return to the Almighty, thou shalt be built up, thou shalt put away iniquity far from thy tabernacles.
Enter not into the path of the wicked, and go not in the way of evil men.
He that walketh righteously, and speaketh uprightly; he that despiseth the gain of oppressions, that shaketh his hands from holding of bribes, that stoppeth his ears from hearing of blood, and shutteth his eyes from seeing evil;
And the soldiers likewise demanded of him, saying, And what shall we do? And he said unto them, Do violence to no man, neither accuse any falsely; and be content with your wages.
