Exodus 23:7
Thou schalt fle a lesyng. Thou schalt not sle an innocent man, and iust; for Y am aduersarie to a wickid man.
Wycliffe (portions)
In The King James Version
In Context
6Thou schalt not bowe in the doom of a pore man.
8Take thou not yiftis, that blynden also prudent men, and destryen the wordys of iust men.
Cross References
Exodus 23:1Thou schalt not resseyue a vois of leesyng, nether thou schalt ioyne + 23:1 ioyne, in Ebreu it is, thou schalt not reise thyn hond. thin hond, + 23:1 thyn hond, that is, make couenaunt ether biheete. that thou seie fals witnessyng for a wickid man.
Leviticus 19:11Ye schulen not do thefte. Ye schulen not lye, and no man disseyue his neiybour.
Deuteronomy 27:25Cursid is he that slepith with `the wijf of his neiybore; and al the puple schal seie, 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 →