Exodus 23:7

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Keep yourselves far from any false business; never let the upright or him who has done no wrong be put to death: for I will make the evil-doer responsible for his sin.

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  • Exod 34:7 : 7 Having mercy on thousands, overlooking evil and wrongdoing and sin; he will not let wrongdoers go free, but will send punishment on children for the sins of their fathers, and on their children's children to the third and fourth generation.
  • Exod 23:1 : 1 Do not let a false statement go further; do not make an agreement with evil-doers to be a false witness.
  • Deut 27:25 : 25 Cursed is he who for a reward puts to death one who has done no wrong. And let all the people say, So be it.
  • Eph 4:25 : 25 And so, putting away false words, let everyone say what is true to his neighbour: for we are parts one of another.
  • Rom 1:18 : 18 For there is a revelation of the wrath of God from heaven against all the wrongdoing and evil thoughts of men who keep down what is true by wrongdoing;
  • Lev 19:11 : 11 Do not take anyone's property or be false in act or word to another.
  • Deut 19:16-21 : 16 If a false witness makes a statement against a man, saying that he has done wrong, 17 Then the two men, between whom the argument has taken place, are to come before the Lord, before the priests and judges who are then in power; 18 And the judges will have the question looked into with care: and if the witness is seen to be false and to have made a false statement against his brother, 19 Then do to him what it was his purpose to do to his brother: and so put away the evil from among you. 20 And the rest of the people, hearing of it, will be full of fear, and never again do such evil among you. 21 Have no pity; let life be given for life, eye for eye, tooth for tooth, hand for hand, foot for foot.
  • Exod 20:13 : 13 Do not put anyone to death without cause.
  • Job 22:23 : 23 If you come back to the Ruler of all, making yourself low before him; if you put evil far away from your tents;
  • Prov 4:14-15 : 14 Do not go in the road of sinners, or be walking in the way of evil men. 15 Keep far from it, do not go near; be turned from it, and go on your way.
  • Prov 17:15 : 15 He who gives a decision for the evil-doer and he who gives a decision against the upright, are equally disgusting to the Lord.
  • Isa 33:15 : 15 He whose ways are true, and whose words are upright; he who gives no thought to the profits of false acts, whose hands have not taken rewards, who will have no part in putting men to death, and whose eyes are shut against evil;
  • Nah 1:3 : 3 The Lord is slow to get angry and great in power, and will not let the sinner go without punishment: the way of the Lord is in the wind and the storm, and the clouds are the dust of his feet.
  • Luke 3:14 : 14 And men of the army put questions to him, saying, And what have we to do? And he said to them, Do no violent acts to any man, and do not take anything without right, and let your payment be enough for you.
  • Rom 2:5-6 : 5 But by your hard and unchanged heart you are storing up wrath for yourself in the day of the revelation of God's judging in righteousness; 6 Who will give to every man his right reward:
  • 1 Thess 5:22 : 22 Keep from every form of evil.

Similar Verses (AI)

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  • Exod 23:1-3
    3 verses
    79%

    1 Do not let a false statement go further; do not make an agreement with evil-doers to be a false witness.

    2 Do not be moved to do wrong by the general opinion, or give the support of your words to a wrong decision:

    3 But, on the other hand, do not be turned from what is right in order to give support to a poor man's cause.

  • Exod 23:6
    76%

    6 Let no wrong decisions be given in the poor man's cause.

  • Exod 23:8
    75%

    8 Take no rewards in a cause: for rewards make blind those who have eyes to see, and make the decisions of the upright false.

  • Jer 7:5-6
    2 verses
    75%

    5 For if your ways and your doings are truly changed for the better; if you truly give right decisions between a man and his neighbour;

    6 If you are not cruel to the man from a strange country, and to the child without a father, and to the widow, and do not put the upright to death in this place, or go after other gods, causing damage to yourselves:

  • Deut 19:10
    74%

    10 So that in all your land, which the Lord your God is giving you for your heritage, no man may be wrongly put to death, for which you will be responsible.

  • Jer 22:3
    74%

    3 This is what the Lord has said: Do what is right, judging uprightly, and make free from the hands of the cruel one him whose goods have been violently taken away: do no wrong and be not violent to the man from a strange country and the child without a father and the widow, and let not those who have done no wrong be put to death in this place.

  • Deut 21:9
    74%

    9 So you will take away the crime of a death without cause from among you, when you do what is right in the eyes of the Lord.

  • Deut 19:13
    74%

    13 Have no pity on him, so that Israel may be clear from the crime of putting a man to death without cause, and it will be well for you.

  • Isa 5:23
    74%

    23 Who for a reward give support to the cause of the sinner, and who take away the righteousness of the upright from him.

  • Lev 19:15-16
    2 verses
    74%

    15 Do no wrong in your judging: do not give thought to the position of the poor, or honour to the position of the great; but be a judge to your neighbour in righteousness.

    16 Do not go about saying untrue things among your people, or take away the life of your neighbour by false witness: I am the Lord.

  • Gen 18:25
    74%

    25 Let such a thing be far from you, to put the upright to death with the sinner: will not the judge of all the earth do right?

  • Ps 37:32-33
    2 verses
    73%

    32 The sinners are watching the upright man, desiring to put him to death.

    33 The Lord will not give him into their hands, or be against him when he is judged.

  • Prov 18:5
    73%

    5 To have respect for the person of the evil-doer is not good, or to give a wrong decision against the upright.

  • Prov 24:15
    73%

    15 Do not keep a secret watch, O evil-doer, against the fields of the upright man, or send destruction on his resting-place:

  • Prov 21:7
    73%

    7 By their violent acts the evil-doers will be pulled away, because they have no desire to do what is right.

  • Deut 27:25
    73%

    25 Cursed is he who for a reward puts to death one who has done no wrong. And let all the people say, So be it.

  • Ps 94:21
    73%

    21 They are banded together against the soul of the upright, to give decisions against those who have done no wrong.

  • Deut 13:8
    73%

    8 Do not be guided by him or give attention to him; have no pity on him or mercy, and give him no cover;

  • Exod 20:16
    72%

    16 Do not give false witness against your neighbour.

  • Ps 5:6
    72%

    6 You will send destruction on those whose words are false; the cruel man and the man of deceit are hated by the Lord.

  • Ps 1:5
    72%

    5 For this cause there will be no mercy for sinners when they are judged, and the evil-doers will have no place among the upright,

  • Ps 7:9
    72%

    9 O let the evil of the evil-doer come to an end, but give strength to the upright: for men's minds and hearts are tested by the God of righteousness.

  • Deut 16:19-20
    2 verses
    72%

    19 You are not to be moved in your judging by a man's position, you are not to take rewards; for rewards make the eyes of the wise man blind, and the decisions of the upright false.

    20 Let righteousness be your guide, so that you may have life, and take for your heritage the land which the Lord your God is giving you.

  • Prov 17:15
    72%

    15 He who gives a decision for the evil-doer and he who gives a decision against the upright, are equally disgusting to the Lord.

  • Ps 28:3
    72%

    3 Do not take me away with the sinners and the workers of evil, who say words of peace to their neighbours, but evil is in their hearts.

  • Ps 101:7
    72%

    7 The worker of deceit will not come into my house; the false man will have no place before my eyes.

  • Deut 24:17
    72%

    17 Be upright in judging the cause of the man from a strange country and of him who has no father; do not take a widow's clothing on account of a debt:

  • Deut 25:1
    72%

    1 If there is an argument between men and they go to law with one another, let the judges give their decision for the upright, and against the wrongdoer.

  • Prov 13:6
    71%

    6 Righteousness keeps safe him whose way is without error, but evil-doers are overturned by sin.

  • Prov 12:7
    71%

    7 Evil-doers are overturned and never seen again, but the house of upright men will keep its place.

  • Prov 10:30
    71%

    30 The upright man will never be moved, but evil-doers will not have a safe resting-place in the land.

  • Zech 8:17
    71%

    17 Let no one have any evil thought in his heart against his neighbour; and have no love for false oaths: for all these things are hated by me, says the Lord.

  • Deut 5:17
    71%

    17 Do not put anyone to death without cause.

  • Ps 5:4
    71%

    4 For you are not a God who takes pleasure in wrongdoing; there is no evil with you.

  • Deut 5:20
    71%

    20 Do not give false witness against your neighbour;

  • Job 27:5
    71%

    5 Let it be far from me! I will certainly not say that you are right! I will come to death before I give up my righteousness.

  • Num 35:31
    71%

    31 Further, no price may be given for the life of one who has taken life and whose right reward is death: he is certainly to be put to death.

  • Job 34:12
    71%

    12 Truly, God does not do evil, and the Ruler of all is not a false judge.

  • Prov 29:27
    71%

    27 An evil man is disgusting to the upright, and he who is upright is disgusting to evil-doers.

  • Lev 19:35
    71%

    35 Do not make false decisions in questions of yard-sticks and weights and measures.

  • Ps 125:3
    71%

    3 For the rod of sinners will not be resting on the heritage of the upright; so that the upright may not put out their hands to evil.

  • Job 36:6
    71%

    6 His eyes are ever on the upright, and he gives to the crushed their right;

  • Prov 25:5
    71%

    5 Take away evil-doers from before the king, and the seat of his power will be made strong in righteousness.

  • Isa 33:15
    71%

    15 He whose ways are true, and whose words are upright; he who gives no thought to the profits of false acts, whose hands have not taken rewards, who will have no part in putting men to death, and whose eyes are shut against evil;