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Exodus 23

Ex. 23:7 KJV (With Strong’s)

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Keep thee far
rachaq (Hebrew #7368)
to widen (in any direction), i.e. (intransitively) recede or (transitively) remove (literally or figuratively, of place or relation)
KJV usage: (a-, be, cast, drive, get, go, keep (self), put, remove, be too, (wander), withdraw) far (away, off), loose, X refrain, very, (be) a good way (off).
Pronounce: raw-khak'
Origin: a primitive root
from a false
sheqer (Hebrew #8267)
an untruth; by implication, a sham (often adverbial)
KJV usage: without a cause, deceit(-ful), false(-hood, -ly), feignedly, liar, + lie, lying, vain (thing), wrongfully.
Pronounce: sheh'-ker
Origin: from 8266
matter
dabar (Hebrew #1697)
a word; by implication, a matter (as spoken of) or thing; adverbially, a cause
KJV usage: act, advice, affair, answer, X any such (thing), because of, book, business, care, case, cause, certain rate, + chronicles, commandment, X commune(-ication), + concern(-ing), + confer, counsel, + dearth, decree, deed, X disease, due, duty, effect, + eloquent, errand, (evil favoured-)ness, + glory, + harm, hurt, + iniquity, + judgment, language, + lying, manner, matter, message, (no) thing, oracle, X ought, X parts, + pertaining, + please, portion, + power, promise, provision, purpose, question, rate, reason, report, request, X (as hast) said, sake, saying, sentence, + sign, + so, some (uncleanness), somewhat to say, + song, speech, X spoken, talk, task, + that, X there done, thing (concerning), thought, + thus, tidings, what(-soever), + wherewith, which, word, work.
Pronounce: daw-baw'
Origin: from 1696
; and the innocent
naqiy (Hebrew #5355)
from 5352; innocent
KJV usage: blameless, clean, clear, exempted, free, guiltless, innocent, quit.
Pronounce: naw-kee'
Origin: or naqiyi (Joel {SI 10004}4{/SI} : {SI 10019}19{/SI}; Jonah 1 : 1{SI 10004}4{/SI}), {naw-kee'}
and righteous
tsaddiyq (Hebrew #6662)
just
KJV usage: just, lawful, righteous (man).
Pronounce: tsad-deek'
Origin: from 6663
slay
harag (Hebrew #2026)
to smite with deadly intent
KJV usage: destroy, out of hand, kill, murder(-er), put to (death), make (slaughter), slay(-er), X surely.
Pronounce: haw-rag'
Origin: a primitive root
thou not: for I will not justify
tsadaq (Hebrew #6663)
to be (causatively, make) right (in a moral or forensic sense)
KJV usage: cleanse, clear self, (be, do) just(-ice, -ify, -ify self), (be turn to) righteous(-ness).
Pronounce: tsaw-dak'
Origin: a primitive root
k the wicked
rasha` (Hebrew #7563)
morally wrong; concretely, an (actively) bad person
KJV usage: + condemned, guilty, ungodly, wicked (man), that did wrong.
Pronounce: raw-shaw'
Origin: from 7561
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Ex. 34:7• 7keeping mercy unto thousands, forgiving iniquity and transgression and sin, but by no means clearing the guilty; visiting the iniquity of the fathers upon the children, and upon the children's children, upon the third and upon the fourth generation. (Ex. 34:7)

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Innocent,
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Cross References

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far from.
Ex. 23:1• 1Thou shalt not accept a false report; extend not thy hand to the wicked, to be an unrighteous witness. (Ex. 23:1)
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Lev. 19:11• 11Ye shall not steal, and ye shall not deal falsely, and ye shall not lie one to another. (Lev. 19:11)
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Deut. 19:16‑21• 16If an unrighteous witness rise up against any man to testify against him of an offence;
 17then both the men between whom the controversy is shall stand before Jehovah, before the priests and the judges that shall be in those days;
 18and the judges shall make thorough inquiry; and if the witness be a false witness, and he have testified falsely against his brother,
 19then shall ye do unto him as he had thought to have done unto his brother; and thou shalt put evil away from thy midst.
 20And those that remain shall hear, and fear, and shall henceforth commit no more any such evil in thy midst.
 21And thine eye shall not spare: life for life, eye for eye, tooth for tooth, hand for hand, foot for foot. (Deut. 19:16‑21)
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Job 22:23• 23If thou return to the Almighty, thou shalt be built up. If thou remove unrighteousness far from thy tents, (Job 22:23)
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Prov. 4:14‑15• 14Enter not into the path of the wicked, and go not in the way of evil men:
 15avoid it, pass not by it; turn from it, and pass away. (Prov. 4:14‑15)
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Isa. 33:15• 15--He that walketh righteously, and speaketh uprightly; he that despiseth the gain of oppressions, that shaketh his hands from taking hold of bribes, that stoppeth his ears from hearing of blood, and shutteth his eyes from seeing evil: (Isa. 33:15)
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Luke 3:14• 14And persons engaged in military service also asked him saying, And we, what should we do? And he said to them, Oppress no one, nor accuse falsely, and be satisfied with your pay. (Luke 3:14)
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Eph. 4:25• 25Wherefore, having put off falsehood, speak truth every one with his neighbour, because we are members one of another. (Eph. 4:25)
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1 Thess. 5:22• 22hold aloof from every form of wickedness. (1 Thess. 5:22)
the innocent.
Deut. 27:25• 25Cursed be he that taketh reward to smite mortally shedding innocent blood! And all the people shall say, Amen. (Deut. 27:25)
for I will not.
Ex. 34:7• 7keeping mercy unto thousands, forgiving iniquity and transgression and sin, but by no means clearing the guilty; visiting the iniquity of the fathers upon the children, and upon the children's children, upon the third and upon the fourth generation. (Ex. 34:7)
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Prov. 17:15• 15He that justifieth the wicked, and he that condemneth the righteous, even they both are abomination to Jehovah. (Prov. 17:15)
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Nah. 1:3• 3Jehovah is slow to anger, and great in power, and doth not at all clear the guilty: Jehovah,--his way is in the whirlwind and in the storm, and the clouds are the dust of his feet. (Nah. 1:3)
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Rom. 1:18• 18For there is revealed wrath of God from heaven upon all impiety, and unrighteousness of men holding the truth in unrighteousness. (Rom. 1:18)
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Rom. 2:5‑6• 5but, according to thy hardness and impenitent heart, treasurest up to thyself wrath, in the day of wrath and revelation of the righteous judgment of God,
 6who shall render to each according to his works: (Rom. 2:5‑6)

J. N. Darby Translation

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Thou shalt keep far from the cause of falsehood; and the innocent and righteous slay not; for I will not justify the wicked.