Exodus 23:7

Geneva Bible (1560)

Thou shalt keepe thee farre fro a false matter, and shalt not slaye the innocent and the righteous: for I will not iustifie a wicked man.

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  • Exod 34:7 : 7 Reseruing mercy for thousands, forgiuing iniquitie, and transgression and sinne, and not making the wicked innocent, visiting the iniquitie of the fathers vpon ye children, & vpon childrens children, vnto the third and fourth generation.
  • Exod 23:1 : 1 Thou shalt not receiue a false tale, neyther shalt thou put thine hande with the wicked, to be a false witnes.
  • Deut 27:25 : 25 Cursed be he that taketh a reward to put to death innocent blood: And all the people shal say: So be it.
  • Eph 4:25 : 25 Wherefore cast off lying, and speake euery man truth vnto his neighbour: for we are members one of another.
  • Rom 1:18 : 18 For the wrath of God is reueiled from heauen against all vngodlinesse, and vnrighteousnesse of men, which withhold the trueth in vnrighteousnesse.
  • Lev 19:11 : 11 Ye shall not steale, neither deale falsely, neither lie one to another.
  • Deut 19:16-21 : 16 If a false witnesse rise vp against a man to accuse him of trespasse, 17 Then both the men which striue together, shal stand before ye Lord, euen before the Priests and the Iudges, which shall be in those daies, 18 And the Iudges shall make diligent inquisition: and if the witnesse be found false, and hath giuen false witnes against his brother, 19 Then shall yee doe vnto him as hee had thought to doe vnto his brother: so thou shalt take euil away forth of the middes of thee. 20 And the rest shal heare this, and feare, and shall henceforth commit no more any such wickednes among you. 21 Therefore thine eye shall have no compassion, but life for life, eye for eye, tooth for tooth, hand for hand, foote for foote.
  • Exod 20:13 : 13 Thou shalt not kill.
  • Job 22:23 : 23 If thou returne to the Almightie, thou shalt be buylt vp, and thou shalt put iniquitie farre from thy tabernacle.
  • Prov 4:14-15 : 14 Enter not into the way of the wicked, and walke not in the way of euill men. 15 Auoide it, and goe not by it: turne from it, and passe by.
  • Prov 17:15 : 15 He that iustifieth the wicked, and he that condemneth the iust, euen they both are abomination to the Lord.
  • Isa 33:15 : 15 Hee that walketh in iustice, and speaketh righteous things, refusing gaine of oppression, shaking his handes from taking of gifts, stopping his eares from hearing of blood, and shutting his eyes from seeing euill.
  • Nah 1:3 : 3 The Lord is slow to anger, but he is great in power, and will not surely cleare the wicked: the Lord hath his way in ye whirlewind, & in the storme, and the cloudes are the dust of his feete.
  • Luke 3:14 : 14 The souldiers likewise demaunded of him, saying, And what shall we doe? And he saide vnto them, Doe violence to no man, neither accuse any falsely, and be content with your wages.
  • Rom 2:5-6 : 5 But thou, after thine hardnesse, and heart that canot repent, heapest vp as a treasure vnto thy selfe wrath against the day of wrath, and of the declaration of the iust iudgement of God, 6 Who wil reward euery man according to his woorkes:
  • 1 Thess 5:22 : 22 Absteine from all appearance of euill.

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    1Thou shalt not receiue a false tale, neyther shalt thou put thine hande with the wicked, to be a false witnes.

    2Thou shalt not followe a multitude to do euil, neither agree in a controuersie to decline after many and ouerthrowe the trueth.

    3Thou shalt not esteeme a poore man in his cause.

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    6Thou shalt not ouerthrowe the right of thy poore in his sute.

  • Exod 23:8
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    8Thou shalt take no gift: for the gift blindeth the wise, and peruerteth the wordes of the righteous.

  • Jer 7:5-6
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    5For if you amende and redresse your waies and your woorkes: if you execute iudgement betweene a man and his neighbour,

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  • Deut 19:10
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    10That innocent bloude be not shed within thy land, which the Lord thy God giueth thee to inherite, lest bloud be vpon thee.

  • Jer 22:3
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    3Thus saith the Lorde, Execute ye iudgement and righteousnes, and deliuer the oppressed from the hande of the oppressor, and vexe not the stranger, the fatherlesse, nor the widowe: doe no violence, nor sheade innocent blood in this place.

  • Deut 21:9
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    9So shalt thou take away the cry of innocet blood from thee, when thou shalt do that which is right in the sight of the Lord.

  • Deut 19:13
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    13Thine eye shall not spare him, but thou shalt put away the crie of innocent blood from Israel, that it may goe well with thee.

  • Isa 5:23
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    23Which iustifie the wicked for a rewarde, and take away the righteousnesse of the righteous from him.

  • Lev 19:15-16
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    15Ye shall not doe vniustly in iudgement. Thou shalt not fauour the person of the poore, nor honour the person of the mightie, but thou shalt iudge thy neighbour iustly.

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    25Be it farre fro thee from doing this thing, to slay the righteous with the wicked: and that the righteous should be euen as the wicked, be it farre from thee. shall not the Iudge of all the worlde doe right?

  • Ps 37:32-33
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    32The wicked watcheth the righteous, and seeketh to slay him.

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  • Prov 18:5
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    5It is not good to accept the person of the wicked, to cause ye righteous to fall in iudgement.

  • Prov 24:15
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    15Laye no waite, O wicked man, against the house of the righteous, and spoyle not his resting place.

  • Prov 21:7
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    7The robberie of the wicked shall destroy them: for they haue refused to execute iudgement.

  • Deut 27:25
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    25Cursed be he that taketh a reward to put to death innocent blood: And all the people shal say: So be it.

  • Ps 94:21
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    21They gather them together against the soule of the righteous, and condemne the innocent blood.

  • Deut 13:8
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    8Thou shalt not cosent vnto him, nor heare him, neither shall thine eye pitie him, nor shewe mercie, nor keepe him secret:

  • Exod 20:16
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    16Thou shalt not beare false witnes against thy neighbour.

  • Ps 5:6
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    6Thou shalt destroy them that speake lyes: the Lorde will abhorre the bloodie man and deceitfull.

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    19Wrest not thou ye Law, nor respect any person, neither take rewarde: for the reward blindeth ye eyes of the wise, & peruerteth ye worde of ye iust.

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    15He that iustifieth the wicked, and he that condemneth the iust, euen they both are abomination to the Lord.

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    17Thou shalt not peruert the right of the stranger, nor of the fatherlesse, nor take a widowes rayment to pledge.

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  • Prov 12:7
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    30The righteous shall neuer be remooued: but the wicked shall not dwell in the land.

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    17And let none of you imagine euill in your hearts against his neighbour, and loue no false othe: for all these are the things that I hate, saith the Lorde.

  • Deut 5:17
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    17Thou shalt not kill.

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    4For thou art not a God that loueth wickednes: neither shall euill dwell with thee.

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    20Neither shalt thou beare false witnesse against thy neighbour.

  • Job 27:5
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  • Num 35:31
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  • Job 34:12
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  • Prov 29:27
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    27A wicked man is abomination to the iust, and he that is vpright in his way, is abomination to the wicked.

  • Lev 19:35
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    35Ye shall not doe vniustly in iudgement, in line, in weight, or in measure.

  • Ps 125:3
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  • Job 36:6
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  • Prov 25:5
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