Exodus 23:7

wicked. a wicked one. Hebrew. rash. a.App-44.

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Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Four precepts evidently addressed to those in authority as judges: (a) To do justice to the poor. Comparing Exodus 23:6 Exodus 23:6 with E...
Arno Geneva Study Bible

Keep thee far from a false matter; and the (d) innocent and righteous slay thou not: for I will not justify the wicked. (d) Whether you are the magi...
Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

Exodus 23:1-9 R. Justice. Form and substance also separate this group from the Judgments and ally it with the Words of Yahweh in the Covenant B...
Calvin's Commentary on the Bible

7. Keep thee far from a false matter. Since he seems to speak of perjury, which brings about the death of the innocent, some might perhaps pr...
Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

Keep thee far from a false matter; and the innocent and righteous slay thou not: for I will not justify the wicked.
Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

Thou shalt not wrest the judgment of thy poor in his cause. Thou shalt not wrest the judgment of thy poor in his cause. These verses contain...
Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

The Book of the Covenant (concluded) 1-19. Miscellaneous Laws.
Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

XXIII. (1-19) The “miscellaneous laws” are here continued. From Exodus 23:1 to Exodus 23:9 no kind of sequence in the laws can be traced; from...
Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

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Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

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G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

The enactments now recorded have to do with the administration of justice. A study of them reveals that true justice is always merciful and yet makes...
Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

All these are so many repeated commands of one and the same rule of equity, and which the Lord Jesus hath given a full commentary of. Matthew 7:12 ....
John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

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John Trapp Complete Commentary

Keep thee far from a false matter; and the innocent and righteous slay thou not: for I will not justify the wicked. Ver. 7. Keep thee far from a f...
Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

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L. M. Grant's Commentary on the Bible

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Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

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Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

Keep thee far, i.e. abstain from all occasions, degrees, or appearances of it. Compare Job 22:23 Proverbs 4:14,15 . A false matter, i.e. an...
Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

Regulations Concerning Behaviour to One's Neighbour ( Exodus 23:1-9 ). There is an interesting pattern to the following verses. (Compare Exodus 2...
Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

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Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

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Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Exodus 23:1 . Put not thine hand with the wicked, do not conspire or agree with them. Exodus 23:3 . Neither shalt thou countenance a poor man....
The Biblical Illustrator

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The Complete Pulpit Commentary

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The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

Further Ordinances Regarding Social Relations
The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

Keep thee far from a false matter; and the innocent and the righteous slay thou not; for I will not justify the wicked. This is said to the selfish,...
Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

far from Exodus 23:1 Leviticus 19:11 Deuteronomy 19:16-21 Job 22:23 Proverbs 4:14 Proverbs 4:15 Isaiah 33:15 Luke 3:14 Ephesians 4:2...
Wesley's Explanatory Notes

Keep thee far from a false matter — From assisting or abetting an ill thing. Yea, keep thee far from it, dread it as a dangerous snare. I will not...

⁷ Keep thee far from a false matter; and the innocent and righteous slay thou not: for I will not justify the wicked.

Related Commentaries of Exodus 23:7

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Arno Geneva Study Bible

Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

Calvin's Commentary on the Bible

Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

John Trapp Complete Commentary

Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

L. M. Grant's Commentary on the Bible

Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

The Biblical Illustrator

The Complete Pulpit Commentary

The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Wesley's Explanatory Notes

Exodus 23:7