Exodus 23:7
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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.Stay far away from a false accusation. Do not kill the innocent or the just, for I will not acquit the guilty.
In other translations
Keep thee far from a false matter; and the innocent and righteous slay thou not: for I will not justify the wicked.Stay far away from a false accusation. Do not kill the innocent or the just, for I will not acquit the guilty.
Hebrew words
מִדְּבַר־midevar-from a word ofH1697שֶׁקֶרshekerfalsehoodH8267תִּרְחָקtirchakyou will be distantH7368וְנָקִיvenakiand an innocent [person]H5355וְצַדִּיקvetzadikand a righteous [person]H6662אַל־'al-may notH408תַּהֲרֹגtaharogyou killH2026כִּיkiforH3588לֹא־lo'-notH3808אַצְדִּיק'atzdikI will declare righteousH6663רָשָׁע׃rasha'a wicked [person]H7563
Word by word from STEPBible's tagged Hebrew Old Testament, STEPBible.org, CC BY 4.0. Hebrew reads right to left.
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- 1 Thessalonians 5:22Abstain from all appearance of evil.Abstain from every form of evil.
- Romans 1:18For the wrath of God is revealed from heaven against all ungodliness and unrighteousness of men, who hold the truth in unrighteousness;The wrath of God is being revealed from heaven against all the godlessness and wickedness of men who suppress the truth by their wickedness.
- Exodus 34:7Keeping 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, unto the third and to the fourth generation.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 grandchildren to the third and fourth generations.”
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- Nahum 1:3The Lord is slow to anger, and great in power, and will not at all acquit the wicked: the Lord hath his way in the whirlwind and in the storm, and the clouds are the dust of his feet.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.
- Job 22:23If thou return to the Almighty, thou shalt be built up, thou shalt put away iniquity far from thy tabernacles.If you return to the Almighty, you will be restored. If you remove injustice from your tents
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