Exodus 23:7
“Keep far from a false charge, and don’t kill the innocent and righteous; for I will not justify the wicked.
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In Context
6“You shall not deny justice to your poor people in their lawsuits.
Cross References
Exodus 23:1“You shall not spread a false report. Don’t join your hand with the wicked to be a malicious witness.
Leviticus 19:11“‘You shall not steal. “‘You shall not lie. “‘You shall not deceive one another.
Deuteronomy 27:25‘Cursed is he who takes a bribe to kill an innocent person.’ All the people shall say, ‘Amen.’
Psalms 94:21They gather themselves together against the soul of the righteous, and condemn the innocent blood.
Proverbs 11:21Most certainly, the evil man will not be unpunished, but the offspring of the righteous will be delivered.
Isaiah 5:20Woe to those who call evil good, and good evil; who put darkness for light, and light for darkness; who put bitter for sweet, and sweet for 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 →