Exodus 23:7
7 aKeep far from a false charge, and bdo not kill the innocent and righteous, for cI will not acquit the wicked.1 Kings 21:13
13And the two worthless men came in and sat opposite him. And the worthless men brought a charge against Naboth in the presence of the people, saying, “Naboth cursed God and the king.” So they took him outside the city and stoned him to death with stones.Proverbs 24:23-24
More Sayings of the Wise
23These also are sayings of dthe wise.ePartiality in judging is not good.
24Whoever fsays to the wicked, “You are in the right,”
gwill be cursed by peoples, abhorred by nations,
Isaiah 5:23
23who hacquit the guilty for a bribe,and deprive the innocent of his right!
Isaiah 55:8-9
8For my thoughts are not your thoughts,neither are your ways my ways, declares the Lord.
9 iFor as the heavens are higher than the earth,
so are my ways higher than your ways
and my thoughts than your thoughts.
Ezekiel 22:27-29
27 jHer princes in her midst are like wolves ktearing the prey, lshedding blood, destroying lives to get dishonest gain. 28And mher prophets have smeared whitewash for them, nseeing false visions and divining lies for them, saying, ‘Thus says the Lord God,’ when the Lord has not spoken. 29The people of the land ohave practiced extortion and committed robbery. They have oppressed the poor and needy, and phave extorted from the sojourner without justice.
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