Exodus 23:7
Keep yourselves far from any false business; never let the upright or him who has done no wrong be put to death: for I will make the evil-doer responsible for his sin.
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In Context
6Let no wrong decisions be given in the poor man's cause.
Cross References
Exodus 23:1Do not let a false statement go further; do not make an agreement with evil-doers to be a false witness.
Leviticus 19:11Do not take anyone's property or be false in act or word to another.
Deuteronomy 27:25Cursed is he who for a reward puts to death one who has done no wrong. And let all the people say, So be it.
Psalms 94:21They are banded together against the soul of the upright, to give decisions against those who have done no wrong.
Proverbs 11:21Certainly the evil-doer will not go free from punishment, but the seed of the upright man will be safe.
Isaiah 5:20Cursed are those who give the name of good to evil, and of evil to what is good: who make light dark, and dark light: who make bitter sweet, and sweet 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 →