Deuteronomy 13:8

Thou shalt not consent to him, nor hearken to him; neither shall thy eye pity him, neither shalt thou spare, neither shalt thou 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

7Namely , of the gods of the people who are around you, nigh to thee, or far off from thee, from one end of the earth even to the other end of the earth;

9But thou shalt surely kill him; thy hand shall be first upon him to put him to death, and afterwards the hand of all the people.

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Cross References

Exodus 20:3Thou shalt have no other gods before me.

Deuteronomy 19:13Thy eye shall not pity him, but thou shall remove the guilt of innocent blood from Israel, that it may be well with thee.

Deuteronomy 32:17They sacrificed to devils, not to God; to gods which they knew not, to new gods that came newly up, whom your fathers feared not.

Proverbs 1:10My son, if sinners entice thee, consent thou not.

Ezekiel 9:5And to the others he said in my hearing, Go ye after him through the city, and smite: let not your eye spare, neither have ye pity:

1 John 5:21Little children, keep yourselves from idols. Amen.

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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