Exodus 23:7
From a false matter keep distant; and him who has been acquitted and has come forth from judgment uncondemned thou shalt not kill; for I will not justify the guilty.
Targum Onkelos
In The King James Version
In Context
6Thou shalt not warp the judgment of the poor man in his cause.
Cross References
Exodus 23:1Thou shalt not take up a false report, nor set thine hand with the wicked to be a false witness for him.
Leviticus 19:11You shall not steal, nor prevaricate, nor be false, a man with his neighbour.
Deuteronomy 27:25Accursed is he who receiveth hire to kill the life, and (shed the) blood of the innocent. And all the people shall say, Amen.
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 →