Exodus 23:7

Bishops' Bible (1568)

Kepe thee farre from a false matter, and the innocent and righteous see thou slay not: for I wyll not iustifie the wicked.

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  • Exod 34:7 : 7 And kepyng mercy in store for thousandes, forgeuing wickednes, vngodlynes and sinne, and not leauing one innocent, visiting the wickednes of the fathers vpon the chyldren, and vpon the chyldrens chyldren, euen vnto the third and fourth generation.
  • Exod 23:1 : 1 Thou shalt not haue to do with any false report, neither shalt thou put thine hand with the wicked, to be an vnrighteous witnesse.
  • Deut 27:25 : 25 Cursed be he that taketh a rewarde to slay the soule of innocent blood, and all the people shall say, Amen.
  • Eph 4:25 : 25 Wherfore, puttyng away lying, speake euery man trueth vnto his neyghbour, forasmuch as we are members one of another.
  • Rom 1:18 : 18 For the wrath of God appeareth from heauen, against all vngodlynesse & vnrighteousnes of men, which withholde the trueth in vnrighteousnes.
  • Lev 19:11 : 11 Ye shall not steale, neither deale falselye, neither lye one to another.
  • Deut 19:16-21 : 16 If a false witnesse rise vp agaynst a man, to accuse hym of trespasse: 17 Then both the men which stryue together, shall stande before the Lorde, before the priestes and the iudges which shalbe in those dayes: 18 And the iudges shall make diligent inquisition: and if the witnesse be founde false, and that he hath geuen false witnesse agaynst his brother: 19 Then shall ye do vnto hym, as he had thought to do vnto his brother, & thou shalt put euyll away from the middes of thee. 20 And other shall heare, and feare, and shall hencefoorth commit no more any such wickednesse among you. 21 And thine eye shall haue no copassion, but lyfe for lyfe, eye for eye, toothe for toothe, hande for hande, foote for foote.
  • Exod 20:13 : 13 Thou shalt not kyll.
  • Job 22:23 : 23 For if thou wilt turne to the almightie, thou shalt be buyld vp, and put all vnrighteousnes from thy dwelling.
  • Prov 4:14-15 : 14 Come not in the pathe of the vngodlye, and walke not in the way of the wicked: 15 Abhorre it and go not therein, depart aside, and passe ouer by it.
  • Prov 17:15 : 15 The Lorde hateth as well hym that iustifieth the vngodly, as him that condempneth the innocent.
  • Isa 33:15 : 15 He that leadeth a godly life, and speaketh the trueth, he that abhorreth gaynes by violence and deceipt, he that kepeth his hande that he touche no rewarde, which stoppeth his eares that he heare no counsayle agaynst the innocent blood, which holdeth downe his eyes that he see no euyll:
  • Nah 1:3 : 3 The Lorde is slowe to anger, and also of great power, and in no case will not acquite the wicked, the Lordes dealing is with blustring tempest and whirle winde, and the cloudes are the dust of his feete.
  • Luke 3:14 : 14 The souldiours lykewyse demaunded of hym, saying: And what shall we do? And he saide vnto them: Do violence to no man, neither accuse any falsely, and be content with your wages.
  • Rom 2:5-6 : 5 But thou after thy stubbernnesse and heart that can not repent, heapest vnto thy selfe wrath, agaynst the daye of wrath and declaration of the righteous iudgement of God: 6 Which wyl rewarde euery man accordyng to his deedes:
  • 1 Thess 5:22 : 22 Abstayne from all appearaunce of euyll.

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  • Exod 23:1-3
    3 verses
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    1 Thou shalt not haue to do with any false report, neither shalt thou put thine hand with the wicked, to be an vnrighteous witnesse.

    2 Thou shalt not folow a multitude to do euill, neither shalt thou speake in a matter of iustice according to the greater number, for to peruert iudgement.

    3 Neither shalt thou esteeme a poore man in his cause.

  • 6 Thou shalt not hinder the right of thy poore in his suite.

  • 8 Thou shalt take no gyftes: for gyftes blinde the seyng, and peruert the wordes of the righteous.

  • Jer 7:5-6
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    5 But rather in deede amende your wayes and counsels, and iudge right betwixt a man and his neighbour,

    6 Oppresse not the straunger, the fatherlesse, and the widowe, shed not innocent blood in this place, cleaue not to straunge gods to your owne destruction:

  • 10 That innocent blood be not shed in thy lande, which the Lord thy God geueth thee to inherite, and so blood come vpon thee.

  • 3 Thus the Lord comaundeth: Kepe equitie and righteousnesse, deliuer the oppressed from the power of the violent, do not greeue nor oppresse the straunger, the fatherlesse, nor the widowe, and shed no innocent blood in this place.

  • 9 And so shalt thou put innocent blood from thee, when thou shalt haue done that which is ryght in the syght of the Lorde.

  • 13 Thine eye shall not spare hym, but thou shalt put away the crye of innocent blood from Israel, that it may go well with thee.

  • 23 Wo be vnto them that geue sentence with the vngodly for rewardes, but condempne the iust cause of the ryghteous.

  • Lev 19:15-16
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    74%

    15 Ye shall do no vnrighteousnesse in iudgement, thou shalt not fauour the person poore, nor honour the person mightie, but in righteousnes shalt thou iudge thy neighbour.

    16 Thou shalt not go vp and downe with tales among thy people, neither shalt thou stande agaynst the blood of thy neighbour: I am the Lorde.

  • 25 That be farre from thee that thou shouldest do after this maner, and slaye the ryghteous with the wicked, & that the ryghteous should be as the wicked, that be farre from thee: Shall not the iudge of all the worlde do accordyng to ryght?

  • Ps 37:32-33
    2 verses
    73%

    32 The vngodly spyeth the righteous: and seeketh occasion to slay hym.

    33 God wyll not leaue him in his hande: nor suffer hym to be condemned when he is iudged.

  • 5 It is not good to regarde the person of the vngodly, to ouerthrowe the righteous in iudgement.

  • 15 Laye no priuie wayte (O wicked man) against the house of the righteous, and spoyle not his resting place.

  • 7 The robberies of the vngodly shalbe their owne destruction: for they wyll not do the thing that is right.

  • 25 Cursed be he that taketh a rewarde to slay the soule of innocent blood, and all the people shall say, Amen.

  • 21 They flocke together agaynst the soule of the ryghteous: and condemne the innocent blood.

  • 8 Thou shalt not consent vnto hym, nor hearken vnto hym, thyne eye shall not pitie hym, neither shalt thou haue compassion on hym, nor kepe hym secrete:

  • 16 Thou shalt not beare false witnesse agaynst thy neyghbour.

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    6 Thou wilt destroy them that make a lye: God wyll abhorre both the bloodthirstie and deceiptfull man.

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    5 Therefore the vngodly shall not be able to stande in the iudgement: neither the sinners in the congregation of the righteous.

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    9 My desire is, that ye wickednesse of the vngodly may come to an ende: and that thou wouldest assist the iust, who art the tryer of heartes and of reynes, O most righteous Lorde.

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    19 Wrest not thou the lawe, nor knowe any person, neither take any rewarde: for giftes do blinde the eyes of the wise, & peruert the wordes of the righteous.

    20 That which is iust and ryght shalt thou folowe, that thou mayst lyue, and enioy the lande which the Lorde thy God geueth thee.

  • 15 The Lorde hateth as well hym that iustifieth the vngodly, as him that condempneth the innocent.

  • 3 Take me not away with the vngodlye, and with the workers of iniquitie: whiche speake of peace to their neighbours, but mischiefe is in their heartes.

  • 7 There shall no deceiptfull person haue any seate in my house: he that telleth lyes shall not tary long in my syght.

  • 17 Thou shalt not peruert the ryght of the strauger, nor of the fatherlesse, nor take a wydowes rayment to pledge:

  • 1 If there be strife betweene men, they shall come vnto the lawe, and let the Iudges geue sentence betwene them: and iustifie the righteous, & condemne the vngodly.

  • 6 Ryghteousnesse kepeth the innocent in the way: but vngodlinesse doth ouerthrowe the sinner.

  • 7 God ouerturneth the estate of the wicked, and they stande not: but the house of the ryghteous shall stande.

  • 30 The ryghteous shall neuer be ouerthrowen: but the vngodly shall not remayne in the lande.

  • 17 And let none of you imagine euil in his heart against his neighbour, and loue no false othes: for all these are ye thinges that I hate, saith the Lorde.

  • 17 Thou shalt not slay.

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    4 For thou art the Lorde that hath no pleasure in wickednesse: neither can any euyll dwell with thee.

  • 20 Thou shalt not beare false witnesse agaynst thy neyghbour.

  • 5 God forbyd that I should graunt your cause to be right: As for me, vntill myne end come will I neuer go fro myne innocentie.

  • 31 Moreouer, ye shal take no recompence for the lyfe of the murtherer whiche is worthy to dye: but he shalbe put to death.

  • 12 Sure it is that God wil not do wickedly, neither wyll the almightie paruert iudgement.

  • 27 The righteous abhorreth the vngodlye: and the wicked hateth hym that is in the ryght way.

  • 35 Ye shall do no vnrighteousnesse in iudgement, in metyarde, in wayght, or in measure.

  • 3 For the scepter of the vngodly shall not rest vpon the lot of the righteous: lest the righteous put their handes vnto wickednes.

  • 6 As for the vngodly he shall not preserue him, but shall helpe the poore to their right.

  • 5 Take away the vngodly from the kyng: and his seate shalbe stablished with righteousnesse.

  • 15 He that leadeth a godly life, and speaketh the trueth, he that abhorreth gaynes by violence and deceipt, he that kepeth his hande that he touche no rewarde, which stoppeth his eares that he heare no counsayle agaynst the innocent blood, which holdeth downe his eyes that he see no euyll: