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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.
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  1. Ephesians 4:25Rank 1 from verse 7
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    25Wherefore putting away lying, speak every man truth with his neighbour: for we are members one of another.

  2. Deuteronomy 27:25Rank 2 from verse 7
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    25Cursed be he that taketh reward to slay an innocent person. And all the people shall say, Amen.

  3. Exodus 23:1Rank 3 from verse 7
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    1THOU shalt not raise a false report: put not thine hand with the wicked to be an unrighteous witness.

  4. Exodus 34:7Rank 4 from verse 7
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    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.

  5. Romans 1:18Rank 5 from verse 7
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    18For the wrath of God is revealed from heaven against all ungodliness and unrighteousness of men, who hold the truth in unrighteousness;

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Exodus 23:7

COMBINED MEANING

keep

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To guard, watch, protect, preserve, secure, retain, possess, hold, maintain, support, tend, manage, observe, obey, fulfil, celebrate, continue in, refrain from, or remain faithful to a person, place, trust, command, promise, way, time, or thing.

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false

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Not solid or sound; deceiving expectations. Not faithful or loyal; treacherous; perfidious; deceitful.

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righteous

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Sense 1: Right, just, equitable, or in accord with truth, justice, or the will of God. Sense 2: Upright or innocent in a matter. Sense 3: Made or regarded as right. Sense 4: As a noun, persons so described.

Meaning drawn from: Direct Scripture definition · KJV context and cross-references · Webster 1828

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thou

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The singular second-person subject pronoun, meaning you when directly addressing one person, being, or individually treated addressee.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references · Webster 1828

COMBINED MEANING

for

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1. In behalf of or in the place of. 2. With respect to, concerning, or toward. 3. Because of or on account of. 4. During or throughout. 5. In order to obtain or reach. 6. As a conjunction, because or seeing that.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references

COMBINED MEANING

justify

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Sense 1: To acquit, or to declare or account righteous rather than condemn. Sense 2: To vindicate, defend, or show to be right.

Meaning drawn from: Direct Scripture definition · KJV context and cross-references · Skeat 1893 · Webster 1828

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23:4¶ If thou meet thine enemy’s ox or his ass going astray, thou shalt surely bring it back to him again.

23:5If 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.

23:6Thou shalt not wrest the judgment of thy poor in his cause.

23:7Keep 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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