Exodus 23:7

Modern English Version

Keep far away from a false charge, and do not kill the innocent and the righteous, for I will not justify the wicked.

Cross References

Genesis 18:23

Then Abraham drew near and said, “Shall You also destroy the righteous with the wicked?

Job 22:23

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

Psalm 119:29

Remove from me the way of lying, and graciously teach me Your law.

Psalm 94:21

They band together against the life of the righteous and condemn innocent blood.

Exodus 20:13

You shall not murder.

Exodus 20:16

You shall not bear false witness against your neighbor.

Exodus 23:1

You must not give a false report. Do not join your hand with the wicked to be a malicious witness.

Exodus 34:7

keeping mercy for thousands, forgiving iniquity and transgression and sin, but who will by no means clear the guilty, visiting the iniquity of fathers on the children and on the children’s children, to the third and the fourth generation.”

Proverbs 11:21

Be assured, the wicked will not go unpunished, but the sons of the righteous will be delivered.

Proverbs 17:15

He who justifies the wicked and he who condemns the just, both are abominations to the Lord.

Isaiah 33:15

He who walks righteously and speaks uprightly, he who rejects unjust gain and shakes his hands from holding bribes, who stops his ears from hearing of bloodshed, and shuts his eyes from seeing evil:

Isaiah 5:20

Woe to those who call evil good, and good evil; who exchange darkness for light, and light for darkness; who exchange bitter for sweet, and sweet for bitter!

Leviticus 19:11

You shall not steal, nor deal falsely, nor lie to one another.

Leviticus 19:16

You shall not go around as a slanderer among your people, nor shall you stand by while the life of your neighbor is in danger: I am the Lord.

Nahum 1:3

the Lord is slow to anger and great in power, and the Lord will in no way acquit the guilty. In gale winds and a storm is His way, and clouds are the dust of His feet.

Luke 3:14

Then the soldiers likewise demanded of him, “And what must we do?” He said to them, “Do no violence to anyone nor accuse any falsely, and be content with your wages.”

Romans 1:18

The wrath of God is revealed from heaven against all ungodliness and unrighteousness of men, who suppress the truth through unrighteousness.

Ephesians 4:25

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

Deuteronomy 25:1

If there is a controversy between men, they are to go to court for judgment, so that the judges may judge them. Then they shall justify the righteous and condemn the wicked.

Deuteronomy 27:25

“Cursed is he who receives pay to slay an innocent person.” And all the people shall say, “Amen.”

1 Thessalonians 5:22

Abstain from all appearances of evil.