Exodus 23:7
Thou shalt fly lying. The innocent and just person thou shalt not put to death: because I abhor the wicked.
Douay-Rheims 1899
In The King James Version
In Context
6Thou shalt not go aside in the poor man's judgment.
8Neither shalt thou take bribes, which even blind the wise, and pervert the words of the just.
Cross References
Exodus 23:1Thou shalt not receive the voice of a lie: neither shalt thou join thy hand to bear false witness for a wicked person.
Leviticus 19:11You shall not steal. You shall not lie, neither shall any man deceive his neighbour.
Deuteronomy 27:25Cursed be he that taketh gifts, to slay an innocent person: and all the people shall say: Amen.
Psalms 94:21They will hunt after the soul of the just, and will condemn innocent blood.
Proverbs 11:21Hand in hand the evil man shall not be innocent: but the seed of the just shall be saved.
Isaiah 5:20Woe to you that call evil good, and good evil: that put darkness for light, and light for darkness: that 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 →