Exodus 23:7

Revised Version with Apocrypha 1895

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

Cross References

Genesis 18:23

And Abraham drew near, and said, Wilt thou consume the righteous with the wicked?

Job 22:23

If thou return to the Almighty, thou shalt be built up; If thou put away unrighteousness far from thy tents.

Psalm 119:29

Remove from me the way of falsehood: And grant me thy law graciously.

Psalm 94:21

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

Exodus 20:13

Thou shalt do no murder.

Exodus 20:16

Thou shalt not bear false witness against thy neighbour.

Exodus 23:1

Thou shalt not take up a false report: put not thine 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, upon the third and upon the fourth generation.

Proverbs 11:21

Though hand join in hand, the evil man shall not be unpunished: But the seed of the righteous shall be delivered.

Proverbs 17:15

He that justifieth the wicked, and he that condemneth the righteous, Both of them alike are an abomination to the LORD.

Isaiah 33:15

He that walketh righteously, and speaketh uprightly; he that despiseth the gain of oppressions, that shaketh his hands from holding of bribes, that stoppeth his ears from hearing of blood, and shutteth his eyes from looking upon 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

Ye shall not steal; neither shall ye deal falsely, nor lie one to another.

Leviticus 19:16

Thou shalt not go up and down as a talebearer among thy people: neither shalt thou stand against the blood of thy neighbour: I am the LORD.

Nahum 1:3

The LORD is slow to anger, and great in power, and will by no means clear the guilty: the LORD hath his way in the whirlwind and in the storm, and the clouds are the dust of his feet.

Luke 3:14

And soldiers also asked him, saying, And we, what must we do? And he said unto them, Do violence to no man, neither exact anything wrongfully; 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 down the truth in unrighteousness;

Ephesians 4:25

Wherefore, putting away falsehood, speak ye truth each one with his neighbour: for we are members one of another.

Deuteronomy 25:1

If there be a controversy between men, and they come unto judgement, and the judges judge them; then they shall justify the righteous, and condemn the wicked;

Deuteronomy 27:25

Cursed be he that taketh reward to slay an innocent person. And all the people shall say, Amen.

1 Thessalonians 5:22

abstain from every form of evil.