Exodus 23:7
BSB · Public Domain (CC0)“Stay far away from a false accusation. Do not kill the innocent or the just, for I will not acquit the guilty.”
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“Stay far away from a false accusation. Do not kill the innocent or the just, for I will not acquit the guilty.”
Berean Standard Bible · Public Domain (CC0)“Keep thee far from a false matter; and the innocent and righteous slay thou not: for I will not justify the wicked.”
King James Version · Public Domain“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 · Public Domain“from a false matter thou dost keep far off, and an innocent and righteous man thou dost not slay; for I do not justify a wicked man.”
Young's Literal Translation · Public DomainOther passages that echo Exodus 23:7 — 19 related verses from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.
- Exodus 20:13You shall not murder.
- Exodus 23:1“You shall not spread a false report. Do not join the wicked by being a malicious witness.
- Exodus 34:7maintaining loving devotion to a thousand generations, forgiving iniquity, transgression, and sin. Yet He will by no means leave the guilty unpunished; He will visit the iniquity of the fathers on their children and grandchildren to the third and fourth generations.”
- Leviticus 19:11You must not steal. You must not lie or deceive one another.
- Deuteronomy 19:16If a false witness testifies against someone, accusing him of a crime,
- Deuteronomy 27:25‘Cursed is he who accepts a bribe to kill an innocent person.’ And let all the people say, ‘Amen!’
- Job 22:23If you return to the Almighty, you will be restored. If you remove injustice from your tents
- Psalms 94:21They band together against the righteous and condemn the innocent to death.
- Proverbs 4:14Do not set foot on the path of the wicked or walk in the way of evildoers.
- Proverbs 11:21Be assured that the wicked will not go unpunished, but the offspring of the righteous will escape.
- Proverbs 17:15Acquitting the guilty and condemning the righteous— both are detestable to the LORD.
- Isaiah 5:20Woe to those who call evil good and good evil, who turn darkness to light and light to darkness, who replace bitter with sweet and sweet with bitter.
- Isaiah 33:15He who walks righteously and speaks with sincerity, who refuses gain from extortion, whose hand never takes a bribe, who stops his ears against murderous plots and shuts his eyes tightly against evil—
- Nahum 1:3The LORD is slow to anger and great in power; the LORD will by no means leave the guilty unpunished. His path is in the whirlwind and storm, and clouds are the dust beneath His feet.
- Luke 3:14Then some soldiers asked him, “And what should we do?” “Do not take money by force or false accusation,” he said. “Be content with your wages.”
- Romans 1:18The wrath of God is being revealed from heaven against all the godlessness and wickedness of men who suppress the truth by their wickedness.
- Romans 2:5But because of your hard and unrepentant heart, you are storing up wrath against yourself for the day of wrath, when God’s righteous judgment will be revealed.
- Ephesians 4:25Therefore each of you must put off falsehood and speak truthfully to his neighbor, for we are all members of one another.
- 1 Thessalonians 5:22Abstain from every form of evil.
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