Exodus 23:7
Don't have anything to do with making false accusations. Don't kill the innocent or those who do right, for I won't let the guilty go unpunished.
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6You must not prevent the poor from getting justice in their lawsuits.
Cross References
Exodus 23:1“You must not spread stories that are lies. You must not help bad people by giving evidence that's malicious.
Leviticus 19:11Don't steal. Don't lie. Don't deceive each other.
Deuteronomy 27:25“A curse on anyone who accepts a bribe to kill someone who's innocent!” Everyone says “Amen!”
Psalms 94:21They work together to destroy good people; they condemn those who are innocent to death.
Proverbs 11:21You can be certain of this: the wicked won't go unpunished, but the good will be saved.
Isaiah 5:20Tragedy is coming to you who say evil is good, and good is evil; who turn darkness into light and light into darkness; 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 →