Exodus 23:7
Keep thee far from a false matter; and the innocent and righteous slay thou not; for I will not justify the wicked.
JPS TaNaKH 1917
In The King James Version
In Context
6Thou shalt not wrest the judgment of thy poor in his cause.
Cross References
Exodus 23:1Thou shalt not utter a false report; put not thy hand with the wicked to be an unrighteous witness.
Leviticus 19:11Ye shall not steal; neither shall ye deal falsely, nor lie one to another.
Deuteronomy 27:25Cursed be he that taketh a bribe to slay an innocent person. And all the people shall say: Amen.
Psalms 94:21They gather themselves together against the soul of the righteous, and condemn innocent blood.
Proverbs 11:21My hand upon it! the evil man shall not be unpunished; but the seed of the righteous shall escape.
Isaiah 5:20Woe unto them that call evil good, and good evil; that change darkness into light, and light into darkness; that change bitter into sweet, and sweet into 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 →