Keep thee far from a false matter; and the innocent and righteous slay thou not: for I will not justify the wicked.
KJV
Hebrew original
Louis Segond 1910
Tu ne prononceras point de sentence inique, et tu ne feras point mourir l'innocent et le juste; car je n'absoudrai point le coupable.
KJV
Keep thee far from a false matter; and the innocent and righteous slay thou not: for I will not justify the wicked.
Thomas Aquinas
Summa Theologica
ment, to the opinion of the most part, to stray from the truth"; and the prohibition against lying ( Ex. 23:7 ): "Thou shalt fly lying," and the prohibition against detraction, according to Lev. 19:16 : "Thou shalt not be a detractor, nor a whisperer among the people." To the oth…
Thomas Aquinas
Summa Theologica
to the judge puts to death the man who has been unjustly sentenced. On the contrary, It is written ( Ex. 23:7 ): "The innocent and just person thou shalt not put to death." I answer that, An individual man may be considered in two ways: first, in himself; secondly, in relation to…
Various
Patrologia Latina Vol. 139 (Migne)
pit enim Dominus: [Col. 1194A] Innocentem et pium [Note: [Col. 1193] impium 1 a. ] non interficias (Exod. XXIII, 7) . 10. Antiquum opus Romanorum muro rex predictus in Mersburg [Note: [Col. 1193] in mesburg. corr. mersburg. add. 1b. ] decoravit lapideo, et infra (fol. 8) eand…
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