Deuteronomy 13:8

Consent not to him, hear him not, neither let thy eye spare him to pity and conceal him,

Douay-Rheims 1899

In The King James Version

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:

In Context

7Of all the nations round about, that are near or afar off, from one end of the earth to the other,

9But thou shalt presently put him to death. It Let thy hand be first upon him, and afterwards the hands of all the people.

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Cross References

Exodus 20:3Thou shalt not have strange gods before me.

Deuteronomy 19:13Thou shalt not pity him, and thou shalt take away the guilt of innocent blood out of Israel, that it may be well with thee.

Deuteronomy 32:17They sacrificed to devils and not to God: to gods whom they knew not: that were newly come up, whom their fathers worshipped not.

Proverbs 1:10My son, if sinners shall entice thee, consent not to them.

Ezekiel 9:5And to the others he said in my hearing: Go ye after him through the city, and strike: let not your eyes spare, nor be ye moved with pity.

1 John 5:21Little children, keep yourselves from idols. Amen.

Matthew Henry on Deuteronomy 13:7-12

6 If thy brother, the son of thy mother, or thy son, or thy daughter, or the wife of thy bosom, or thy friend, which is as thine own soul, entice thee secretly, saying, Let us go and serve other gods, which thou hast not known, thou, nor thy fathers; 7 Namely, of the gods of the people which are round about you, nigh unto thee, or far off from thee, from the one end of the earth even unto the other end of the earth; 8 Thou shalt not consent unto him, nor hearken unto him; neither shall thine eye pity him, neither… Read the whole commentary →

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