Exodus 23:7

King James 2000

Keep far from a false matter; and the innocent and righteous slay you not: for I will not justify the wicked.

Cross References

Genesis 18:23

And Abraham drew near, and said, will you also destroy the righteous with the wicked?

Job 22:23

If you return to the Almighty, you shall be built up, you shall put away iniquity far from your tents.

Psalm 119:29

Remove from me the way of lying: and grant me your law graciously.

Psalm 94:21

They gather themselves together against the soul of the righteous, and condemn the innocent blood.

Exodus 20:13

You shall not kill.

Exodus 20:16

You shall not bear false witness against your neighbor.

Exodus 23:1

You shall not raise a false report: put not your hand with the wicked to be an unrighteous witness.

Exodus 34:7

Keeping mercy for thousands, forgiving iniquity and transgression and sin, and that will by no means clear the guilty; visiting the iniquity of the fathers upon the children, and upon the children's children, unto the third and to the fourth generation.

Proverbs 11:21

Though they join hand to hand, the wicked shall not be unpunished: but the descendants of the righteous shall be delivered.

Proverbs 17:15

He that justifies the wicked, and he that condemns the just, even they both are abomination to the LORD.

Isaiah 33:15

He that walks righteously, and speaks uprightly; he that despises the gain of oppressions, that keeps his hands from the holding of bribes, that stops his ears from hearing of bloodshed, and shuts his eyes from seeing evil;

Isaiah 5:20

Woe 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!

Leviticus 19:11

You shall not steal, neither deal falsely, neither lie one to another.

Leviticus 19:16

You shall not go up and down as a talebearer among your people: neither shall you take a stand against the life of your neighbor: I am the LORD.

Nahum 1:3

The LORD is slow to anger, and great in power, and will not at all acquit the wicked: the LORD has his way in the whirlwind and in the storm, and the clouds are the dust of his feet.

Luke 3:14

And the soldiers likewise asked of him, saying, And what shall we do? And he said unto them, Do violence to no man, neither accuse any falsely; and be content with your wages.

Romans 1:18

For the wrath of God is revealed from heaven against all ungodliness and unrighteousness of men, who hold the truth in unrighteousness;

Ephesians 4:25

Therefore putting away lying, speak every man truth with his neighbor: for we are members one of another.

Deuteronomy 25:1

If there is a controversy between men, and they come unto judgment, that the judges may judge them; then they shall justify the righteous, and condemn the wicked.

Deuteronomy 27:25

Cursed be he that takes a bribe to slay an innocent person. And all the people shall say, Amen.

1 Thessalonians 5:22

Abstain from all appearance of evil.