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Exodus 23:7

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7 Have nothing to do with a false charge and do not put an innocent or honest person to death, for I will not acquit the guilty.
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KJV
Keep thee far from a false matter; and the innocent and righteous slay thou not: for I will not justify the wicked.

ESV
Keep far from a false charge, and do not kill the innocent and righteous, for I will not acquit the wicked.

NLT
“Be sure never to charge anyone falsely with evil. Never sentence an innocent or blameless person to death, for I never declare a guilty person to be innocent.
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