Exodus 23:7

Young's Literal Translation (1862/1898)

from a false matter thou dost keep far off, and an innocent and righteous man thou dost not slay; for I do not justify a wicked man.

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Referenced Verses

  • Exod 34:7 : 7 keeping kindness for thousands, taking away iniquity, and transgression, and sin, and not entirely acquitting, charging iniquity of fathers on children, and on children's children, on a third `generation', and on a fourth.'
  • Exod 23:1 : 1 `Thou dost not lift up a vain report; thou dost not put thy hand with a wicked man to be a violent witness.
  • Deut 27:25 : 25 `Cursed `is' he who is taking a bribe to smite a person, innocent blood, -- and all the people have said, Amen.
  • Eph 4:25 : 25 Wherefore, putting away the lying, speak truth each with his neighbour, because we are members one of another;
  • Rom 1:18 : 18 for revealed is the wrath of God from heaven upon all impiety and unrighteousness of men, holding down the truth in unrighteousness.
  • Lev 19:11 : 11 `Ye do not steal, nor feign, nor lie one against his fellow.
  • Deut 19:16-21 : 16 `When a violent witness doth rise against a man, to testify against him apostacy, 17 then have both the men who have the strife stood before Jehovah, before the priests and the judges who are in those days, 18 and the judges have searched diligently, and lo, the witness `is' a false witness, a falsehood he hath testified against his brother: 19 `Then ye have done to him as he devised to do to his brother, and thou hast put away the evil thing out of thy midst, 20 and those who are left do hear and fear, and add not to do any more according to this evil thing in thy midst; 21 and thine eye doth not pity -- life for life, eye for eye, tooth for tooth, hand for hand, foot for foot.
  • Exod 20:13 : 13 `Thou dost not murder.
  • Job 22:23 : 23 If thou dost return unto the Mighty Thou art built up, Thou puttest iniquity far from thy tents.
  • Prov 4:14-15 : 14 Into the path of the wicked enter not, And be not happy in a way of evil doers. 15 Avoid it, pass not over into it, Turn aside from it, and pass on.
  • Prov 17:15 : 15 Whoso is justifying the wicked, And condemning the righteous, Even both of these `are' an abomination to Jehovah.
  • Isa 33:15 : 15 Whoso is walking righteously, And is speaking uprightly, Kicking against gain of oppressions, Shaking his hands from taking hold on a bribe, Stopping his ear from hearing of blood, And shutting his eyes from looking on evil,
  • Nah 1:3 : 3 Jehovah `is' slow to anger, and great in power, And Jehovah doth not entirely acquit, In a hurricane and in a tempest `is' His way, And a cloud `is' the dust of His feet.
  • Luke 3:14 : 14 And questioning him also were those warring, saying, `And we, what shall we do?' and he said unto them, `Do violence to no one, nor accuse falsely, and be content with your wages.'
  • Rom 2:5-6 : 5 but, according to thy hardness and impenitent heart, thou dost treasure up to thyself wrath, in a day of wrath and of the revelation of the righteous judgment of God, 6 who shall render to each according to his works;
  • 1 Thess 5:22 : 22 from all appearance of evil abstain ye;

Similar Verses (AI)

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  • Exod 23:1-3
    3 verses
    79%

    1`Thou dost not lift up a vain report; thou dost not put thy hand with a wicked man to be a violent witness.

    2`Thou art not after many to evil, nor dost thou testify concerning a strife, to turn aside after many to cause `others' to turn aside;

    3and a poor man thou dost not honour in his strife.

  • Exod 23:6
    76%

    6`Thou dost not turn aside the judgment of thy needy one in his strife;

  • Exod 23:8
    75%

    8`And a bribe thou dost not take; for the bribe bindeth the open-`eyed', and perverteth the words of the righteous.

  • Jer 7:5-6
    2 verses
    75%

    5For, if ye do thoroughly amend your ways and your doings, If ye do judgment thoroughly Between a man and his neighbour,

    6Sojourner, fatherless, and widow, ye oppress not, And innocent blood do not shed in this place, And after other gods do not walk, for evil to yourselves,

  • Deut 19:10
    74%

    10and innocent blood is not shed in the midst of thy land which Jehovah thy God is giving to thee -- an inheritance, and there hath been upon thee blood.

  • Jer 22:3
    74%

    3Thus said Jehovah: Do ye judgment and righteousness, And deliver the plundered from the hand of the oppressor, And sojourner, orphan, and widow, ye do not oppress nor wrong, And innocent blood ye do not shed in this place.

  • Deut 21:9
    74%

    9and thou dost put away the innocent blood out of thy midst, for thou dost that which `is' right in the eyes of Jehovah.

  • Deut 19:13
    74%

    13thine eye hath no pity on him, and thou hast put away the innocent blood from Israel, and it is well with thee.

  • Isa 5:23
    74%

    23Declaring righteous the wicked for a bribe, And the righteousness of the righteous They turn aside from him.

  • Lev 19:15-16
    2 verses
    74%

    15`Ye do not do perversity in judgment; thou dost not lift up the face of the poor, nor honour the face of the great; in righteousness thou dost judge thy fellow.

    16`Thou dost not go slandering among thy people; thou dost not stand against the blood of thy neighbour; I `am' Jehovah.

  • Gen 18:25
    74%

    25Far be it from Thee to do according to this thing, to put to death the righteous with the wicked; that it hath been -- as the righteous so the wicked -- far be it from Thee; doth the Judge of all the earth not do justice?'

  • Ps 37:32-33
    2 verses
    73%

    32The wicked is watching for the righteous, And is seeking to put him to death.

    33Jehovah doth not leave him in his hand, Nor condemn him in his being judged.

  • Prov 18:5
    73%

    5Acceptance of the face of the wicked `is' not good, To turn aside the righteous in judgment.

  • Prov 24:15
    73%

    15Lay not wait, O wicked one, At the habitation of the righteous. Do not spoil his resting-place.

  • Prov 21:7
    73%

    7The spoil of the wicked catcheth them, Because they have refused to do judgment.

  • Deut 27:25
    73%

    25`Cursed `is' he who is taking a bribe to smite a person, innocent blood, -- and all the people have said, Amen.

  • Ps 94:21
    73%

    21They decree against the soul of the righteous, And innocent blood declare wicked.

  • Deut 13:8
    73%

    8thou dost not consent to him, nor hearken unto him, nor doth thine eye have pity on him, nor dost thou spare, nor dost thou cover him over.

  • Exod 20:16
    72%

    16`Thou dost not answer against thy neighbour a false testimony.

  • Ps 5:6
    72%

    6Thou destroyest those speaking lies, A man of blood and deceit Jehovah doth abominate.

  • Ps 1:5
    72%

    5Therefore the wicked rise not in judgment, Nor sinners in the company of the righteous,

  • Ps 7:9
    72%

    9Let, I pray Thee be ended the evil of the wicked, And establish Thou the righteous, And a trier of hearts and reins is the righteous God.

  • Deut 16:19-20
    2 verses
    72%

    19Thou dost not turn aside judgment; thou dost not discern faces, nor take a bribe, for the bribe blindeth the eyes of the wise, and perverteth the words of the righteous.

    20Righteousness -- righteousness thou dost pursue, so that thou livest, and hast possessed the land which Jehovah thy God is giving to thee.

  • Prov 17:15
    72%

    15Whoso is justifying the wicked, And condemning the righteous, Even both of these `are' an abomination to Jehovah.

  • Ps 28:3
    72%

    3Draw me not with the wicked, And with workers of iniquity, Speaking peace with their neighbours, And evil in their heart.

  • Ps 101:7
    72%

    7He dwelleth not in my house who is working deceit, Whoso is speaking lies Is not established before mine eyes.

  • Deut 24:17
    72%

    17`Thou dost not turn aside the judgment of a fatherless sojourner, nor take in pledge the garment of a widow;

  • Deut 25:1
    72%

    1`When there is a strife between men, and they have come nigh unto the judgment, and they have judged, and declared righteous the righteous, and declared wrong the wrong-doer,

  • Prov 13:6
    71%

    6Righteousness keepeth him who is perfect in the way, And wickedness overthroweth a sin offering.

  • Prov 12:7
    71%

    7Overthrow the wicked, and they are not, And the house of the righteous standeth.

  • Prov 10:30
    71%

    30The righteous to the age is not moved, And the wicked inhabit not the earth.

  • Zech 8:17
    71%

    17And each the evil of his neighbour ye do not devise in your heart, And a false oath ye do not love, For all these `are' things that I have hated, An affirmation of Jehovah.'

  • Deut 5:17
    71%

    17`Thou dost not murder.

  • Ps 5:4
    71%

    4For not a God desiring wickedness `art' Thou, Evil inhabiteth Thee not.

  • Deut 5:20
    71%

    20`Thou dost not answer against thy neighbour -- a false testimony.

  • Job 27:5
    71%

    5Pollution to me -- if I justify you, Till I expire I turn not aside mine integrity from me.

  • Num 35:31
    71%

    31`And ye take no atonement for the life of a murderer who `is' condemned -- to die, for he is certainly put to death;

  • Job 34:12
    71%

    12Yea, truly, God doth not do wickedly, And the Mighty doth not pervert judgment.

  • Prov 29:27
    71%

    27An abomination to the righteous `is' the perverse man, And an abomination to the wicked `is' the upright in the way!

  • Lev 19:35
    71%

    35`Ye do not do perversity in judgment, in mete-yard, in weight, or in liquid measure;

  • Ps 125:3
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    3For the rod of wickedness resteth not On the lot of the righteous, That the righteous put not forth on iniquity their hands.

  • Job 36:6
    71%

    6He reviveth not the wicked, And the judgment of the poor appointeth;

  • Prov 25:5
    71%

    5Take away the wicked before a king, And established in righteousness is his throne.

  • Isa 33:15
    71%

    15Whoso is walking righteously, And is speaking uprightly, Kicking against gain of oppressions, Shaking his hands from taking hold on a bribe, Stopping his ear from hearing of blood, And shutting his eyes from looking on evil,