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Read Full Chapter (Exodus 23) Exodus 23:7-8 KJV
"Keep thee far from a false matter; and the innocent and righteous slay thou not: for I will not justify the wicked. And thou shalt take no gift: for the gift blindeth the wise, and perverteth the words of the righteous."
Exodus 23:7-8 in Context (Verses 4–11 KJV)
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¶ If thou meet thine enemy’s ox or his ass going astray, thou shalt surely bring it back to him again.
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If thou see the ass of him that hateth thee lying under his burden, and wouldest forbear to help him, thou shalt surely help with him.*
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Thou shalt not wrest the judgment of thy poor in his cause.
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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.
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¶ And thou shalt take no gift: for the gift blindeth the wise, and perverteth the words of the righteous.*
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¶ Also thou shalt not oppress a stranger: for ye know the heart of a stranger, seeing ye were strangers in the land of Egypt.*
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And six years thou shalt sow thy land, and shalt gather in the fruits thereof:
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But the seventh year thou shalt let it rest and lie still; that the poor of thy people may eat: and what they leave the beasts of the field shall eat. In like manner thou shalt deal with thy vineyard, and with thy oliveyard.*