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Exodus 23:7

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.

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Exodus 23:7 in other translations

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

Exodus 23:7 · World English Bible

Exodus 23:7 in context

  1. 5If thou see the ass of him that hateth thee lying under his burden, thou shalt forbear to leave him, thou shalt surely release it with him.
  2. 6Thou shalt not wrest the justice due to thy poor in his cause.
  3. 7Keep thee far from a false matter; and the innocent and righteous slay thou not: for I will not justify the wicked.
  4. 8And thou shalt take no bribe: for a bribe blindeth them that have sight, and perverteth the words of the righteous.
  5. 9And a sojourner shalt thou not oppress: for ye know the heart of a sojourner, seeing ye were sojourners in the land of Egypt.