Deuteronomy 13:8

you do not consent to him, nor listen to him, nor does your eye have pity on him, nor do you spare, nor do you cover him over.

Literal Standard Version

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 the gods of the peoples who [are] around you, who are near to you, or who are far off from you, from the end of the earth even to the [other] end of the earth),

9But you surely kill him; your hand is on him in the first place to put him to death, and the hand of all the people last;

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Cross References

Exodus 20:3You have no other Gods before Me.

Deuteronomy 19:13your eye has no pity on him, and you have put away the innocent blood from Israel, and it is well with you.

Deuteronomy 32:17They sacrifice to the demons, not God, || To gods they have not known, || New ones—they came from the vicinity; Your fathers have not feared them!

Proverbs 1:10My son, if sinners entice you, do not be willing.

Ezekiel 9:5And to the others he said in my ears, “Pass on into the city after him, and strike; your eye does not pity, nor do you spare;

1 John 5:21Little children, guard 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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