Exodus 23:7
Keep thee far from a false matter; and the innocent and righteous slay thou not: for I will not justify the wicked.
Revised Version 1895
In The King James Version
In Context
6Thou shalt not wrest the judgment of thy poor in his cause.
Cross References
Exodus 23:1Thou shalt not take up a false report: put not thine hand with the wicked to be an unrighteous witness.
Leviticus 19:11Ye shall not steal; neither shall ye deal falsely, nor lie one to another.
Deuteronomy 27:25Cursed be he that taketh reward to slay an innocent person. And all the people shall say, Amen.
Psalms 94:21They gather themselves together against the soul of the righteous, and condemn the innocent blood.
Proverbs 11:21Though hand join in hand, the evil man shall not be unpunished: but the seed of the righteous shall be delivered.
Isaiah 5:20Woe unto them that call evil good, and good evil; that put darkness for light, and light for darkness; that 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 →