Deuteronomy 13:8Meaning & Commentary from the Church Fathers
Consent not to him, hear him not, neither let thy eye spare him to pity and conceal him,
מֵאֱלֹהֵ֣י הֽ͏ָעַמִּ֗ים אֲשֶׁר֙ סְבִיבֹ֣תֵיכֶ֔ם הַקְּרֹבִ֣ים אֵלֶ֔יךָ א֖וֹ הָרְחֹקִ֣ים מִמֶּ֑ךָּ מִקְצֵ֥ה הָאָ֖רֶץ וְעַד־קְצֵ֥ה הָאָֽרֶץ׃
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Passages read together with this verse.
- Prov 1:10My son, if sinners shall entice thee, consent not to them.
- Deut 19:13Thou shalt not pity him, and thou shalt take away the guilt of innocent blood out of Israel, that it may be well with thee.
- Deut 7:16Thou shalt consume all the people, which the Lord thy God will deliver to thee. Thy eye shall not spare them, neither shalt thou serve their gods, lest they be thy ruin.
- Ezek 9:5And to the others he said in my hearing: Go ye after him through the city, and strike: let not your eyes spare, nor be ye moved with pity.
- Ezek 9:6Utterly destroy old and young, maidens, children and women: but upon whomsoever you shall see Thau, kill him not, and begin ye at my sanctuary. So they began at the ancient men who were before the house.
- Gal 1:8But though we, or an angel from heaven, preach a gospel to you besides that which we have preached to you, let him be anathema.
- Gal 1:9As we said before, so now I say again: If any one preach to you a gospel, besides that which you have received, let him be anathema.
- Ezek 5:11Therefore as I live, saith the Lord God: Because thou hast violated my sanctuary with all thy offences, and with all thy abominations: I will also break thee in pieces, and my eye shall not spare, and I will not have any pity.