Deuteronomy 13:8

thou dost not consent to him, nor hearken unto him, nor doth thine eye have pity on him, nor dost thou spare, nor dost thou cover him over.

Young's Literal Translation

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

7of the gods of the peoples who [are] round about you, who are near unto thee, or who are far off from thee, from the end of the earth even unto the end of the earth) —

9'But thou dost surely kill him; thy hand is on him, in the first place, to put him to death, and the hand of all the people last;

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Cross References

Exodus 20:3'Thou hast no other Gods before Me.

Deuteronomy 19:13thine eye hath no pity on him, and thou hast put away the innocent blood from Israel, and it is well with thee.

Deuteronomy 32:17They sacrifice to demons — no god! Gods they have not known — New ones — from the vicinity they came; Not feared them have your fathers!

Proverbs 1:10My son, if sinners entice thee be not willing.

Ezekiel 9:5And to the others he said in mine ears, 'Pass on into the city after him, and smite; your eye doth not pity, nor do ye spare;

1 John 5:21Little children, guard yourselves from the 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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