Exo 23:7-8 | ESV | STEP | Keep far from a false charge , and do not kill the innocent and righteous , for I will not acquit the wicked .

a[See ver. 1 above]

d Deut. 16:19; [1 Sam. 8:3; 2 Chr. 19:7; Ps. 26:10; Prov. 17:23; Isa. 1:23; 5:23; 33:15]

Exodus 23:7-8

7 ^aKeep far from a false charge, and ^bdo not kill the innocent and righteous, for ^cI will not acquit the wicked. 8 ^dAnd you shall take no bribe, for a bribe blinds the clear-sighted and subverts the cause of those who are in the right.