Deuteronomy 13:8

You must not give in to him or listen to him, and you must not permit your eye to pity him, and you must not spare him or conceal him.

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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

7any of the gods of the peoples that are round about you, near to you, or far off from you, from the one end of the earth to the other end of the earth.'

9Instead, you will surely kill him; your hand will be the first on him to put him to death, and afterwards the hand of all the people.

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Cross References

Exodus 20:3You must have no other gods before me.

Deuteronomy 19:13Your eye must not pity him; instead, you must eradicate the bloodguilt from Israel, that it may go well with you.

Deuteronomy 32:17They sacrificed to demons, which are not God— 1 gods they had not known, 1 gods that recently appeared, 1 gods your fathers did not fear. 1

Proverbs 1:10My son, if sinners try to entice you into their sin, 1 refuse to follow them. 1

Ezekiel 9:5Then he spoke to the others within my hearing, “Pass through the city after him and kill. Do not let your eyes have compassion, and do not spare

1 John 5:21Children, keep yourselves from idols.

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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