Exodus 23:7
Thou shalt keepe thee farre from a false matter, and shalt not slaye the innocent and the righteous: for I will not iustifie a wicked man.
Geneva Bible 1599
In The King James Version
In Context
6Thou shalt not ouerthrowe the right of thy poore in his sute.
8Thou shalt take no gift: for the gift blindeth the wise, and peruerteth the wordes of the righteous.
Cross References
Exodus 23:1Thou shalt not receiue a false tale, neyther shalt thou put thine hande with the wicked, to be a false witnes.
Leviticus 19:11Ye shall not steale, neither deale falsely, neither lie one to another.
Deuteronomy 27:25Cursed be he that taketh a reward to put to death innocent blood: And all the people shall say: So be it.
Psalms 94:21They gather them together against the soule of the righteous, and condemne the innocent blood.
Proverbs 11:21Though hande ioyne in hande, the wicked shall not be vnpunished: but the seede of the righteous shall escape.
Isaiah 5:20Woe vnto them that speake good of euill, and euill of good, which put darkenes for light, and light for darkenes, that put bitter for sweete, and sweete for sowre.
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 →