Exodus 23:7
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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- Exod 34:7 : 7 Keeping mercy 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, unto the third and to the fourth generation.
- Exod 23:1 : 1 Thou shalt not raise a false report: put not thine hand with the wicked to be an unrighteous witness.
- Deut 27:25 : 25 Cursed be he that taketh reward to slay an innocent person. And all the people shall say, Amen.
- Eph 4:25 : 25 Wherefore putting away lying, speak every man truth with his neighbour: for we are members one of another.
- Rom 1:18 : 18 For the wrath of God is revealed fm heaven against all ungodliness and unrighteousness of men, who hold the truth in unrighteousness;
- Lev 19:11 : 11 Ye shall not steal, neither deal falsely, neither lie one to another.
- Deut 19:16-21 : 16 If a false witness rise up against any man to testify against him that which is wrong; 17 Then both the men, between whom the controversy is, shall stand before the LORD, before the priests and the judges, which shall be in those days; 18 And the judges shall make diligent inquisition: and, behold, if the witness be a false witness, and hath testified falsely against his brother; 19 Then shall ye do unto him, as he had thought to have done unto his brother: so shalt thou put the evil away from among you. 20 And those which remain shall hear, and fear, and shall henceforth commit no more any such evil among you. 21 And thine eye shall not pity; but 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, thou shalt put away iniquity far from thy tabernacles.
- Prov 4:14-15 : 14 Enter not into the path of the wicked, and go not in the way of evil men. 15 Avoid it, pass not by it, turn from it, and pass away.
- Prov 17:15 : 15 He that justifieth the wicked, and he that condemneth the just, even they both are abomination to the LORD.
- Isa 33:15 : 15 He that walketh righteously, and speaketh uprightly; he that despiseth the gain of oppressions, that shaketh his hands from holding of bribes, that stoppeth his ears from hearing of blood, and shutteth his eyes from seeing evil;
- Nah 1:3 : 3 The LORD is slow to anger, and great in power, and will not at all acquit the wicked: the LORD hath his way in the whirlwind and in the storm, and the clouds are the dust of his feet.
- Luke 3:14 : 14 And the soldiers likewise demanded of him, saying, And what shall we do? And he said unto them, Do violence to no man, neither accuse any falsely; and be content with your wages.
- Rom 2:5-6 : 5 But after thy hardness and impenitent heart treasurest up unto thyself wrath against the day of wrath and revelation of the righteous judgment of God; 6 Who will render to every man according to his deeds:
- 1 Thess 5:22 : 22 Abstain from all appearance of evil.
Similar Verses (AI)
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- Exod 23:1-33 verses79%
1 Thou shalt not raise a false report: put not thine hand with the wicked to be an unrighteous witness.
2 Thou shalt not follow a multitude to do evil; neither shalt thou speak in a cause to decline after many to wrest judgment:
3 Neither shalt thou countenance a poor man in his cause.
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6 Thou shalt not wrest the judgment of thy poor in his cause.
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8 And thou shalt take no gift: for the gift blindeth the wise, and perverteth the words of the righteous.
- Jer 7:5-62 verses75%
5 For if ye throughly amend your ways and your doings; if ye throughly execute judgment between a man and his neighbour;
6 If ye oppress not the stranger, the fatherless, and the widow, and shed not innocent blood in this place, neither walk after other gods to your hurt:
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10 That innocent blood be not shed in thy land, which the LORD thy God giveth thee for an inheritance, and so blood be upon thee.
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3 Thus saith the LORD; Execute ye judgment and righteousness, and deliver the spoiled out of the hand of the oppressor: and do no wrong, do no violence to the stranger, the fatherless, nor the widow, neither shed innocent blood in this place.
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9 So shalt thou put away the guilt of innocent blood from among you, when thou shalt do that which is right in the sight of the LORD.
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13 Thine eye shall not pity him, but thou shalt put away the guilt of innocent blood from Israel, that it may go well with thee.
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23 Which justify the wicked for reward, and take away the righteousness of the righteous from him!
- Lev 19:15-162 verses74%
15 Ye shall do no unrighteousness in judgment: thou shalt not respect the person of the poor, nor honour the person of the mighty: but in righteousness shalt thou judge thy neighbour.
16 Thou shalt not go up and down as a tabearer among thy peop: neither shalt thou stand against the blood of thy neighbour: I am the LORD.
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25 That be far from thee to do after this manner, to slay the righteous with the wicked: and that the righteous should be as the wicked, that be far from thee: Shall not the Jud of all the earth do right?
- Ps 37:32-332 verses73%
32 The wicked watcheth the righteous, and seeketh to slay him.
33 The LORD will not leave him in his hand, nor condemn him when he is judged.
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5 It is not good to accept the person of the wicked, to overthrow the righteous in judgment.
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15 Lay not wait, O wicked man, against the dwelling of the righteous; spoil not his resting place:
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7 The robbery of the wicked shall destroy them; because they refuse to do judgment.
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25 Cursed be he that taketh reward to slay an innocent person. And all the people shall say, Amen.
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21 They gather themselves together against the soul of the righteous, and condemn the innocent blood.
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8 Thou shalt not consent unto him, nor hearken unto him; neither shall thine eye pity him, neither shalt thou spare, neither shalt thou conceal him:
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16 Thou shalt not bear false witness against thy neighbour.
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6 Thou shalt destroy them that speak leasing: the LORD will abhor the bloody and deceitful man.
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5 Therefore the ungodly shall not stand in the judgment, nor sinners in the congregation of the righteous.
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9 Oh let the wickedness of the wicked come to an end; but establish the just: for the righteous God trieth the hearts and reins.
- Deut 16:19-202 verses72%
19 Thou shalt not wrest judgment; thou shalt not respect persons, neither take a gift: for a gift doth blind the eyes of the wise, and pervert the words of the righteous.
20 That which is altogether just shalt thou follow, that thou mayest live, and inherit the land which the LORD thy God giveth thee.
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15 He that justifieth the wicked, and he that condemneth the just, even they both are abomination to the LORD.
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3 Draw me not away with the wicked, and with the workers of iniquity, which speak peace to their neighbours, but mischief is in their hearts.
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7 He that worketh deceit shall not dwell within my house: he that telleth lies shall not tarry in my sight.
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17 Thou shalt not pervert the judgment of the stranger, nor of the fatherless; nor take a widow's raiment to pledge:
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1 If there be a controversy between men, and they come unto judgment, that the judges may judge them; then they shall justify the righteous, and conmn the wicked.
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6 Righteousness keepeth him that is uight in the way: but wickedness overthroweth the sinner.
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7 The wicked are overthrown, and are not: but the house of the righteous shall stand.
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30 The righteous shall never be removed: but the wicked shall not inhabit the earth.
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17 And let none of you imagine evil in your hearts against his neighbour; and love no false oath: for all these are things that I hate, saith the LORD.
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17 Thou shalt not kill.
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4 For thou art not a God that hath pleasure in wickedness: neither shall evil dwell with thee.
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20 Neither shalt thou bear false witness against thy neighbour.
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5 God forbid that I should justify you: till I die I will not remove mine integrity from me.
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31 Moreover ye shall take no satisfaction for the life of a murderer, which is guilty of death: but he shall be surely put to death.
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12 Yea, surely God will not do wickedly, neither will the Almighty pervert judgment.
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27 An unjust man is an abomination to the just: and he that is uight in the way is abomination to the wicked.
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35 Ye shall do no unrighteousness in judgment, in meteyard, in weight, or in measure.
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3 For the rod of the wicked shall not rest upon the lot of the righteous; lest the righteous put forth their hands unto iniquity.
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6 He preserveth not the life of the wicked: but giveth right to the poor.
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5 Take away the wicked from before the king, and his throne shall be established in righteousness.
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15 He that walketh righteously, and speaketh uprightly; he that despiseth the gain of oppressions, that shaketh his hands from holding of bribes, that stoppeth his ears from hearing of blood, and shutteth his eyes from seeing evil;