Exodus 23:7

KJV1611 – Modern English

Keep far from a false matter, and do not kill the innocent and righteous, for I will not acquit the wicked.

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  • Exod 34:7 : 7 "Keeping mercy for thousands, forgiving iniquity and transgression and sin, and by no means clearing the guilty; visiting the iniquity of the fathers upon the children, and upon the children's children, to the third and the fourth generation."
  • Exod 23:1 : 1 You shall not spread a false report; do not join hands with the wicked to be a dishonest witness.
  • Deut 27:25 : 25 Cursed be he who takes a bribe to slay an innocent person. And all the people shall say, Amen.
  • Eph 4:25 : 25 Therefore, putting away lying, let each one of you speak truth with his neighbor, for we are members of one another.
  • Rom 1:18 : 18 For the wrath of God is revealed from heaven against all ungodliness and unrighteousness of men, who suppress the truth in unrighteousness;
  • Lev 19:11 : 11 You shall not steal, nor deal falsely, nor lie to one another.
  • Deut 19:16-21 : 16 If a false witness rises against any man to testify against him of wrongdoing; 17 Then both men in the controversy shall stand before the LORD, before the priests and the judges who serve in that time; 18 And the judges shall make careful inquiry, and indeed, if the witness is a false witness who has testified falsely against his brother; 19 Then you shall do to him as he thought to have done to his brother; so you shall put away the evil from among you. 20 And those who remain shall hear and fear, and shall no longer commit any such evil among you. 21 Your eye shall not pity; but life shall be for life, eye for eye, tooth for tooth, hand for hand, foot for foot.
  • Exod 20:13 : 13 You shall not murder.
  • Job 22:23 : 23 If you return to the Almighty, you shall be built up, and you shall put away iniquity far from your tents.
  • Prov 4:14-15 : 14 Do not enter the path of the wicked, and do not walk in the way of evil men. 15 Avoid it, do not pass by it, turn from it, and pass away.
  • Prov 17:15 : 15 He who justifies the wicked, and he who condemns the just, both of them are an abomination to the LORD.
  • Isa 33:15 : 15 He who walks righteously, and speaks uprightly; he who despises the gain of oppressions, who shakes his hands from holding bribes, who stops his ears from hearing of bloodshed, and shuts 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 has 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 asked of him, saying, And what shall we do? And he said to them, Do violence to no man, nor accuse anyone falsely; and be content with your wages.
  • Rom 2:5-6 : 5 But because of your hardness and unrepentant heart, you are storing up wrath for yourself against the day of wrath and revelation of the righteous judgment of God; 6 Who will render to each person according to his deeds:
  • 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%

    1You shall not spread a false report; do not join hands with the wicked to be a dishonest witness.

    2You shall not follow a crowd to do evil; nor shall you testify in a dispute so as to pervert justice by following the majority.

    3Nor shall you show favoritism to a poor man in his dispute.

  • Exod 23:6
    76%

    6You shall not pervert the justice due to your poor in his dispute.

  • Exod 23:8
    75%

    8And you shall take no bribe, for a bribe blinds the discerning and perverts the words of the righteous.

  • Jer 7:5-6
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    75%

    5For if you thoroughly amend your ways and your deeds; if you thoroughly execute judgment between a man and his neighbor;

    6If you do not oppress the foreigner, the fatherless, and the widow, and do not shed innocent blood in this place, nor walk after other gods to your harm;

  • Deut 19:10
    74%

    10That innocent blood may not be shed in your land, which the LORD your God gives you as an inheritance, and thus blood guilt be upon you.

  • Jer 22:3
    74%

    3Thus says the LORD; Execute judgment and righteousness, and deliver the plundered 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.

  • Deut 21:9
    74%

    9So shall you put away the guilt of innocent blood from among you, when you do what is right in the sight of the LORD.

  • Deut 19:13
    74%

    13Your eye shall not pity him, but you shall remove the guilt of innocent blood from Israel, that it may go well with you.

  • Isa 5:23
    74%

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

  • Lev 19:15-16
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    74%

    15You shall do no unrighteousness in judgment: you shall not respect the person of the poor, nor honor the person of the mighty: but in righteousness you shall judge your neighbor.

    16You shall not go around as a talebearer among your people; nor shall you stand against the life of your neighbor: I am the LORD.

  • Gen 18:25
    74%

    25Far be it from you to do such a thing, to slay the righteous with the wicked, so that the righteous should be as the wicked; far be it from you! Shall not the Judge of all the earth do right?

  • Ps 37:32-33
    2 verses
    73%

    32The wicked watch the righteous, and seek to slay him.

    33The LORD will not leave him in his hand, nor condemn him when he is judged.

  • Prov 18:5
    73%

    5It is not good to show partiality to the wicked, to overthrow the righteous in judgment.

  • Prov 24:15
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    15Do not lie in wait, O wicked man, against the dwelling of the righteous; do not spoil his resting place.

  • Prov 21:7
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    7The robbery of the wicked will destroy them, because they refuse to do justice.

  • Deut 27:25
    73%

    25Cursed be he who takes a bribe to slay an innocent person. And all the people shall say, Amen.

  • Ps 94:21
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    21They gather themselves together against the soul of the righteous, and condemn innocent blood.

  • Deut 13:8
    73%

    8You shall not consent to him, nor listen to him; neither shall your eye pity him, neither shall you spare him, neither shall you conceal him:

  • Exod 20:16
    72%

    16You shall not bear false witness against your neighbor.

  • Ps 5:6
    72%

    6You shall destroy those who speak falsehood; the LORD will abhor the bloodthirsty and deceitful man.

  • Ps 1:5
    72%

    5Therefore the ungodly shall not stand in the judgment, nor sinners in the congregation of the righteous.

  • Ps 7:9
    72%

    9Oh let the wickedness of the wicked come to an end; but establish the just: for the righteous God tries the hearts and minds.

  • Deut 16:19-20
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    72%

    19You shall not pervert justice; you shall not show partiality, nor take a bribe: for a bribe blinds the eyes of the wise, and perverts the words of the righteous.

    20That which is altogether just you shall follow, that you may live, and inherit the land which the LORD your God gives you.

  • Prov 17:15
    72%

    15He who justifies the wicked, and he who condemns the just, both of them are an abomination to the LORD.

  • Ps 28:3
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    3Do not draw me away with the wicked, and with the workers of iniquity, who speak peace to their neighbors, but mischief is in their hearts.

  • Ps 101:7
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    7He who works deceit shall not dwell within my house: he who tells lies shall not remain in my presence.

  • Deut 24:17
    72%

    17You shall not pervert the judgment of the stranger, nor of the fatherless; nor take a widow's clothing as a pledge:

  • Deut 25:1
    72%

    1If there is a dispute between men, and they come to judgment, that the judges may judge them; then they shall justify the righteous, and condemn the wicked.

  • Prov 13:6
    71%

    6Righteousness guards him who is upright in the way, but wickedness overthrows the sinner.

  • Prov 12:7
    71%

    7The wicked are overthrown and are no more, but the house of the righteous will stand.

  • Prov 10:30
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    30The righteous shall never be removed, but the wicked shall not inhabit the earth.

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

  • Deut 5:17
    71%

    17You shall not kill.

  • Ps 5:4
    71%

    4For you are not a God who takes pleasure in wickedness; nor shall evil dwell with you.

  • Deut 5:20
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    20Neither shall you bear false witness against your neighbor.

  • Job 27:5
    71%

    5God forbid that I should justify you: until I die I will not renounce my integrity.

  • Num 35:31
    71%

    31Moreover you shall take no ransom for the life of a murderer, who is guilty of death: but he shall surely be put to death.

  • Job 34:12
    71%

    12Surely God will not do wickedly, neither will the Almighty pervert justice.

  • Prov 29:27
    71%

    27An unjust man is an abomination to the just; and he who is upright in the way is an abomination to the wicked.

  • Lev 19:35
    71%

    35You shall do no unrighteousness in judgment, in measuring yard, in weight, or in measure.

  • Ps 125:3
    71%

    3For the scepter of the wicked shall not rest on the land allotted to the righteous, lest the righteous extend their hands to wrongdoing.

  • Job 36:6
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    6He does not preserve the life of the wicked, but gives justice to the poor.

  • Prov 25:5
    71%

    5Remove the wicked from before the king, and his throne will be established in righteousness.

  • Isa 33:15
    71%

    15He who walks righteously, and speaks uprightly; he who despises the gain of oppressions, who shakes his hands from holding bribes, who stops his ears from hearing of bloodshed, and shuts his eyes from seeing evil;