⁷ Keep thee far from a false matter; and the innocent and righteous slay thou not: for I will not justify the wicked.

³⁸ And shed innocent blood, even the blood of their sons and of their daughters, whom they sacrificed unto the idols of Canaan: and the land was polluted with blood.

¹⁵ He that justifieth the wicked, and he that condemneth the just, even they both are abomination to the Lord.

⁴ Saying, I have sinned in that I have betrayed the innocent blood. And they said, What is that to us? see thou to that.