Exodus 23:7

American Standard Version (1901)

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

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Referenced Verses

  • Exod 34:7 : 7 keeping lovingkindness for thousands, forgiving iniquity and transgression and sin; and that will by no means clear [the guilty], visiting the iniquity of the fathers upon the children, and upon the children's children, upon the third and upon the fourth generation.
  • Exod 23:1 : 1 Thou shalt not take up a false report: put not thy hand with the wicked to be an unrighteous witness.
  • Deut 27:25 : 25 Cursed be he that taketh a bribe to slay an innocent person. And all the people shall say, Amen.
  • Eph 4:25 : 25 Wherefore, putting away falsehood, speak ye truth each one with his neighbor: for we are members one of another.
  • Rom 1:18 : 18 For the wrath of God is revealed from heaven against all ungodliness and unrighteousness of men, who hinder the truth in unrighteousness;
  • Lev 19:11 : 11 Ye shall not steal; neither shall ye deal falsely, nor lie one to another.
  • Deut 19:16-21 : 16 If an unrighteous witness rise up against any man to testify against him of wrong-doing, 17 then both the men, between whom the controversy is, shall stand before Jehovah, before the priests and the judges that shall be in those days; 18 and the judges shall make diligent inquisition: and, behold, if the witness be a false witness, and have testified falsely against his brother; 19 then shall ye do unto him, as he had thought to do unto his brother: so shalt thou put away the evil from the midst of thee. 20 And those that remain shall hear, and fear, and shall henceforth commit no more any such evil in the midst of thee. 21 And thine eyes shall not pity; life [shall go] for life, eye for eye, tooth for tooth, hand for hand, foot for foot.
  • Exod 20:13 : 13 Thou shalt not kill.
  • Job 22:23 : 23 If thou return to the Almighty, thou shalt be built up, If thou put away unrighteousness far from thy tents.
  • Prov 4:14-15 : 14 Enter not into the path of the wicked, And walk not in the way of evil men. 15 Avoid it, pass not by it; Turn from it, and pass on.
  • Prov 17:15 : 15 He that justifieth the wicked, and he that condemneth the righteous, Both of them alike are an abomination to Jehovah.
  • Isa 33:15 : 15 He that walketh righteously, and speaketh uprightly; he that despiseth the gain of oppressions, that shaketh his hands from taking a bribe, that stoppeth his ears from hearing of blood, and shutteth his eyes from looking upon evil:
  • Nah 1:3 : 3 Jehovah is slow to anger, and great in power, and will by no means clear [the guilty] : Jehovah hath his way in the whirlwind and in the storm, and the clouds are the dust of his feet.
  • Luke 3:14 : 14 And soldiers also asked him, saying, And we, what must we do? And he said unto them, Extort from no man by violence, neither accuse [any one] wrongfully; and be content with your wages. [
  • Rom 2:5-6 : 5 but after thy hardness and impenitent heart treasurest up for thyself wrath in the day of wrath and revelation of the righteous judgment of God; 6 who will render to every man according to his works:
  • 1 Thess 5:22 : 22 abstain from every form of evil.

Similar Verses (AI)

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  • Exod 23:1-3
    3 verses
    79%

    1Thou shalt not take up a false report: put not thy hand with the wicked to be an unrighteous witness.

    2Thou shalt not follow a multitude to do evil; neither shalt thou speak in a cause to turn aside after a multitude to wrest [justice] :

    3neither shalt thou favor a poor man in his cause.

  • Exod 23:6
    76%

    6Thou shalt not wrest the justice [due] to thy poor in his cause.

  • Exod 23:8
    75%

    8And thou shalt take no bribe: for a bribe blindeth them that have sight, and perverteth the words of the righteous.

  • Jer 7:5-6
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    75%

    5For if ye thoroughly amend your ways and your doings; if ye thoroughly execute justice between a man and his neighbor;

    6if ye oppress not the sojourner, the fatherless, and the widow, and shed not innocent blood in this place, neither walk after other gods to your own hurt:

  • Deut 19:10
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    10that innocent blood be not shed in the midst of thy land, which Jehovah thy God giveth thee for an inheritance, and so blood be upon thee.

  • Jer 22:3
    74%

    3Thus saith Jehovah: Execute ye justice and righteousness, and deliver him that is robbed out of the hand of the oppressor: and do no wrong, do no violence, to the sojourner, the fatherless, nor the widow; neither shed innocent blood in this place.

  • Deut 21:9
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    9So shalt thou put away the innocent blood from the midst of thee, when thou shalt do that which is right in the eyes of Jehovah.

  • Deut 19:13
    74%

    13Thine eye shall not pity him, but thou shalt put away the innocent blood from Israel, that it may go well with thee.

  • Isa 5:23
    74%

    23that justify the wicked for a bribe, and take away the righteousness of the righteous from him!

  • Lev 19:15-16
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    74%

    15Ye shall do no unrighteousness in judgment: thou shalt not respect the person of the poor, nor honor the person of the mighty; but in righteousness shalt thou judge thy neighbor.

    16Thou shalt not go up and down as a talebearer among thy people: neither shalt thou stand against the blood of thy neighbor: I am Jehovah.

  • Gen 18:25
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    25That be far from thee to do after this manner, to slay the righteous with the wicked, that so the righteous should be as the wicked; that be far from thee: shall not the Judge of all the earth do right?

  • Ps 37:32-33
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    73%

    32The wicked watcheth the righteous, And seeketh to slay him.

    33Jehovah will not leave him in his hand, Nor condemn him when he is judged.

  • Prov 18:5
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    5To respect the person of the wicked is not good, [Nor] to turn aside the righteous in judgment.

  • Prov 24:15
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    15Lay not wait, O wicked man, against the habitation of the righteous; Destroy not his resting-place:

  • Prov 21:7
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    7The violence of the wicked shall sweep them away, Because they refuse to do justice.

  • Deut 27:25
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    25Cursed be he that taketh a bribe to slay an innocent person. And all the people shall say, Amen.

  • Ps 94:21
    73%

    21They gather themselves together against the soul of the righteous, And condemn the innocent blood.

  • Deut 13:8
    73%

    8thou shalt not consent unto him, nor hearken unto him; neither shall thine eye pity him, neither shalt thou spare, neither shalt thou conceal him:

  • Exod 20:16
    72%

    16Thou shalt not bear false witness against thy neighbor.

  • Ps 5:6
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    6Thou wilt destroy them that speak lies: Jehovah abhorreth the blood-thirsty and deceitful man.

  • Ps 1:5
    72%

    5Therefore the wicked shall not stand in the judgment, Nor sinners in the congregation of the righteous.

  • Ps 7:9
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    9O let the wickedness of the wicked come to an end, but establish thou the righteous: For the righteous God trieth the minds and hearts.

  • Deut 16:19-20
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    72%

    19Thou shalt not wrest justice: thou shalt not respect persons; neither shalt thou take a bribe; for a bribe doth blind the eyes of the wise, and pervert the words of the righteous.

    20That which is altogether just shalt thou follow, that thou mayest live, and inherit the land which Jehovah thy God giveth thee.

  • Prov 17:15
    72%

    15He that justifieth the wicked, and he that condemneth the righteous, Both of them alike are an abomination to Jehovah.

  • Ps 28:3
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    3Draw me not away with the wicked, And with the workers of iniquity; That speak peace with their neighbors, But mischief is in their hearts.

  • Ps 101:7
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    7He that worketh deceit shall not dwell within my house: He that speaketh falsehood shall not be established before mine eyes.

  • Deut 24:17
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    17Thou shalt not wrest the justice [due] to the sojourner, [or] to the fatherless, nor take the widow's raiment to pledge;

  • Deut 25:1
    72%

    1If there be a controversy between men, and they come unto judgment, and [the judges] judge them; then they shall justify the righteous, and condemn the wicked;

  • Prov 13:6
    71%

    6Righteousness guardeth him that is upright in the way; But wickedness overthroweth the sinner.

  • Prov 12:7
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    7The wicked are overthrown, and are not; But the house of the righteous shall stand.

  • Prov 10:30
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    30The righteous shall never be removed; But the wicked shall not dwell in the land.

  • Zech 8:17
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    17and let none of you devise evil in your hearts against his neighbor; and love no false oath: for all these are things that I hate, saith Jehovah.

  • Deut 5:17
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    17Thou shalt not kill.

  • Ps 5:4
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    4For thou art not a God that hath pleasure in wickedness: Evil shall not sojourn with thee.

  • Deut 5:20
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    20Neither shalt thou bear false witness against thy neighbor.

  • Job 27:5
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    5Far be it from me that I should justify you: Till I die I will not put away mine integrity from me.

  • Num 35:31
    71%

    31Moreover ye shall take no ransom for the life of a murderer, that is guilty of death; but he shall surely be put to death.

  • Job 34:12
    71%

    12Yea, of a surety, God will not do wickedly, Neither will the Almighty pervert justice.

  • Prov 29:27
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    27An unjust man is an abomination to the righteous; And he that is upright in the way is an abomination to the wicked.

  • Lev 19:35
    71%

    35Ye shall do no unrighteousness in judgment, in measures of length, of weight, or of quantity.

  • Ps 125:3
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    3For the sceptre of wickedness shall not rest upon the lot of the righteous; That the righteous put not forth their hands unto iniquity.

  • Job 36:6
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    6He preserveth not the life of the wicked, But giveth to the afflicted [their] right.

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    5Take away the wicked [from] before the king, And his throne shall be established in righteousness.

  • Isa 33:15
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    15He that walketh righteously, and speaketh uprightly; he that despiseth the gain of oppressions, that shaketh his hands from taking a bribe, that stoppeth his ears from hearing of blood, and shutteth his eyes from looking upon evil: