Exodus 23:7 “Stay far away from a false accusation. Do not kill the innocent or the…”

Exodus 23:7

Stay far away from a false accusation. Do not kill the innocent or the just, for I will not acquit the guilty.

Berean Standard Bible

Other translations

King James Version

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

World English Bible

“Keep far from a false charge, and don’t kill the innocent and righteous; for I will not justify the wicked.

American Standard Version

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

Geneva Bible 1599

Thou shalt keepe thee farre from a false matter, and shalt not slaye the innocent and the righteous: for I will not iustifie a wicked man.

Darby Translation

Thou shalt keep far from the cause of falsehood; and the innocent and righteous slay not; for I will not justify the wicked.

Young's Literal Translation

from a false matter thou dost keep far off, and an innocent and righteous man thou dost not slay; for I do not justify a wicked man.

Bible in Basic English

Keep yourselves far from any false business; never let the upright or him who has done no wrong be put to death: for I will make the evil-doer responsible for his sin.

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Cross references

“far from”

Ephesians 4:25 Exodus 23:1 Leviticus 19:11 1 Thessalonians 5:22 Deuteronomy 19:16–21 Job 22:23

Ephesians 4:25 · BSB

Therefore each of you must put off falsehood and speak truthfully to his neighbor, for we are all members of one another.

Exodus 23:1 · BSB

“You shall not spread a false report. Do not join the wicked by being a malicious witness.

Leviticus 19:11 · BSB

You must not steal. You must not lie or deceive one another.

1 Thessalonians 5:22 · BSB

Abstain from every form of evil.

Deuteronomy 19:16–21 · BSB

If a false witness testifies against someone, accusing him of a crime,

Job 22:23 · BSB

If you return to the Almighty, you will be restored. If you remove injustice from your tents

“the innocent”

Deuteronomy 27:25

Deuteronomy 27:25 · BSB

‘Cursed is he who accepts a bribe to kill an innocent person.’ And let all the people say, ‘Amen!’

“for I will not”

Exodus 34:7 Romans 1:18 Proverbs 17:15 Nahum 1:3 Romans 2:5 Romans 2:6

Exodus 34:7 · BSB

maintaining loving devotion to a thousand generations, forgiving iniquity, transgression, and sin. Yet He will by no means leave the guilty unpunished; He will visit the iniquity of the fathers on their children and gran…

Romans 1:18 · BSB

The wrath of God is being revealed from heaven against all the godlessness and wickedness of men who suppress the truth by their wickedness.

Proverbs 17:15 · BSB

Acquitting the guilty and condemning the righteous— both are detestable to the LORD.

Nahum 1:3 · BSB

The LORD is slow to anger and great in power; the LORD will by no means leave the guilty unpunished. His path is in the whirlwind and storm, and clouds are the dust beneath His feet.

Romans 2:5 · BSB

But because of your hard and unrepentant heart, you are storing up wrath against yourself for the day of wrath, when God’s righteous judgment will be revealed.

Romans 2:6 · BSB

God “will repay each one according to his deeds.”

Also

Exodus 20:13

Exodus 20:13 · BSB

You shall not murder.

Cross references adapted from OpenBible.info (CC BY 4.0) and the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

In context

6You shall not deny justice to the poor in their lawsuits.

8Do not accept a bribe, for a bribe blinds those who see and twists the words of the righteous.

Read Exodus 23