Exodus 23:7
Keep thee far from a FALSE matter. And do not kill an innocent and righteous man, for I will not justify a wicked man.
A Conservative Version
In The King James Version
In Context
6Thou shall not distort the justice [due] to thy poor in his case.
Cross References
Exodus 23:1Thou shall not take up a FALSE report. Do not put thy hand with the wicked man to be an unrighteous witness.
Leviticus 19:11Ye shall not steal, nor shall ye deal falsely, nor lie one to another.
Deuteronomy 27:25Cursed be he who takes a bribe to kill an innocent man. And all the people shall say, Amen.
Psalms 94:21They gather themselves together against the soul of a righteous man, and condemn innocent blood.
Proverbs 11:21Hand in hand, the evil man shall not be unpunished, but the seed of the righteous shall be delivered.
Isaiah 5:20Woe to those who call evil good, and good evil, who put darkness for light, and light for darkness, who put bitter for sweet, and sweet for bitter!
Matthew Henry on Exodus 23:2-10
Judicial Laws. ( b. c. 1491.) 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. 4 If thou meet thine enemy's ox or his ass going astray, thou shalt surely bring it back to him again. 5 If thou see the ass of him that hateth thee lying under his burden, and wouldest forbear to help… Read the whole commentary →