Exodus 23:7
Stay far away from a false accusation. Do not kill the innocent or the just, for I will not acquit the guilty.
Berean Standard Bible
In The King James Version
In Context
6You shall not deny justice to the poor in their lawsuits.
8Do not accept a bribe, for a bribe blinds those who see and twists the words of the righteous.
Cross References
Exodus 23:1“You shall not spread a false report. Do not join the wicked by being a malicious witness.
Leviticus 19:11You must not steal. You must not lie or deceive one another.
Deuteronomy 27:25‘Cursed is he who accepts a bribe to kill an innocent person.’ And let all the people say, ‘Amen!’
Psalms 94:21They band together against the righteous and condemn the innocent to death.
Proverbs 11:21Be assured that the wicked will not go unpunished, but the offspring of the righteous will escape.
Isaiah 5:20Woe to those who call evil good and good evil, who turn darkness to light and light to darkness, who replace bitter with sweet and sweet with 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 →