Exodus 23:7
“Keepe thee farre from a false matter: and the innocent and righteous slay thou not: for I will not iustifie the wicked.”
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Exodus 23:7 Context
5If thou see the asse of him that hateth thee, lying vnder his burden, and wouldest forbeare to helpe him, thou shalt surely helpe with him. 6Thou shalt not wrest the iudgement of thy poore in his cause. 7Keepe thee farre from a false matter: and the innocent and righteous slay thou not: for I will not iustifie the wicked. 8¶ And thou shalt take no gift: for the gift blindeth the wise, and peruerteth the words of the righteous. 9¶ Also thou shalt not oppresse a stranger: for yee know the heart of a stranger, seeing yee were strangers in the land of Egypt.
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Keep thee far from a false matter; and the innocent and righteous slay thou not: for I will not justify the wicked.
- King James Version
"Keep far from a false charge, and do not kill the innocent or the righteous, for I will not acquit the guilty.
- New American Standard Version (1995)