Deuteronomy 16:19

American Standard Version (1901)

Thou shalt not wrest justice: thou shalt not respect persons; neither shalt thou take a bribe; for a bribe doth blind the eyes of the wise, and pervert the words of the righteous.

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  • Exod 23:2 : 2 Thou shalt not follow a multitude to do evil; neither shalt thou speak in a cause to turn aside after a multitude to wrest [justice] :
  • Lev 19:15 : 15 Ye shall do no unrighteousness in judgment: thou shalt not respect the person of the poor, nor honor the person of the mighty; but in righteousness shalt thou judge thy neighbor.
  • Eccl 7:7 : 7 Surely extortion maketh the wise man foolish; and a bribe destroyeth the understanding.
  • Exod 23:6-8 : 6 Thou shalt not wrest the justice [due] to thy poor in his cause. 7 Keep thee far from a false matter; and the innocent and righteous slay thou not: for I will not justify the wicked. 8 And thou shalt take no bribe: for a bribe blindeth them that have sight, and perverteth the words of the righteous.
  • Deut 10:17 : 17 For Jehovah your God, he is God of gods, and Lord of lords, the great God, the mighty, and the terrible, who regardeth not persons, nor taketh reward.
  • Deut 24:17 : 17 Thou shalt not wrest the justice [due] to the sojourner, [or] to the fatherless, nor take the widow's raiment to pledge;
  • Deut 27:19 : 19 Cursed be he that wresteth the justice [due] to the sojourner, fatherless, and widow. And all the people shall say, Amen.
  • Prov 17:23 : 23 A wicked man receiveth a bribe out of the bosom, To pervert the ways of justice.
  • Prov 24:23 : 23 These also are [sayings] of the wise. To have respect of persons in judgment is not good.
  • Prov 24:28 : 28 Be not a witness against thy neighbor without cause; And deceive not with thy lips.
  • 1 Sam 8:3 : 3 And his sons walked not in his ways, but turned aside after lucre, and took bribes, and perverted justice.
  • 1 Sam 12:3 : 3 Here I am: witness against me before Jehovah, and before his anointed: whose ox have I taken? or whose ass have I taken? or whom have I defrauded? whom have I oppressed? or of whose hand have I taken a ransom to blind mine eyes therewith? and I will restore it you.
  • Job 31:21-22 : 21 If I have lifted up my hand against the fatherless, Because I saw my help in the gate: 22 Then let my shoulder fall from the shoulder-blade, And mine arm be broken from the bone.
  • Deut 1:16-17 : 16 And I charged your judges at that time, saying, Hear [the causes] between your brethren, and judge righteously between a man and his brother, and the sojourner that is with him. 17 Ye shall not respect persons in judgment; ye shall hear the small and the great alike; ye shall not be afraid of the face of man; for the judgment is God's: and the cause that is too hard for you ye shall bring unto me, and I will hear it.
  • Isa 1:17 : 17 learn to do well; seek justice, relieve the oppressed, judge the fatherless, plead for the widow.
  • Isa 1:23 : 23 Thy princes are rebellious, and companions of thieves; every one loveth bribes, and followeth after rewards: they judge not the fatherless, neither doth the cause of the widow come unto them.
  • Isa 33:15 : 15 He that walketh righteously, and speaketh uprightly; he that despiseth the gain of oppressions, that shaketh his hands from taking a bribe, that stoppeth his ears from hearing of blood, and shutteth his eyes from looking upon evil:
  • Jer 5:28 : 28 They are waxed fat, they shine: yea, they overpass in deeds of wickedness; they plead not the cause, the cause of the fatherless, that they may prosper; and the right of the needy do they not judge.
  • Ezek 22:12 : 12 In thee have they taken bribes to shed blood; thou hast taken interest and increase, and thou hast greedily gained of thy neighbors by oppression, and hast forgotten me, saith the Lord Jehovah.
  • Mic 7:3 : 3 Their hands are upon that which is evil to do it diligently; the prince asketh, and the judge [is ready] for a reward; and the great man, he uttereth the evil desire of his soul: thus they weave it together.
  • Hab 1:4 : 4 Therefore the law is slacked, and justice doth never go forth; for the wicked doth compass about the righteous; therefore justice goeth forth perverted.
  • Zeph 3:3-5 : 3 Her princes in the midst of her are roaring lions; her judges are evening wolves; they leave nothing till the morrow. 4 Her prophets are light and treacherous persons; her priests have profaned the sanctuary, they have done violence to the law. 5 Jehovah in the midst of her is righteous; he will not do iniquity; every morning doth he bring his justice to light, he faileth not; but the unjust knoweth no shame.
  • Acts 10:34 : 34 And Peter opened his mouth and said, Of a truth I perceive that God is no respecter of persons:
  • Acts 16:37 : 37 But Paul said unto them, They have beaten us publicly, uncondemned, men that are Romans, and have cast us into prison; and do they now cast us out privily? Nay verily; but let them come themselves and bring us out.
  • Acts 23:3 : 3 Then said Paul unto him, God shall smite thee, thou whited wall: and sittest thou to judge me according to the law, and commandest me to be smitten contrary to the law?

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  • Exod 23:6-8
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    6Thou shalt not wrest the justice [due] to thy poor in his cause.

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

    8And thou shalt take no bribe: for a bribe blindeth them that have sight, and perverteth the words of the righteous.

  • Lev 19:14-16
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    85%

    14Thou shalt not curse the deaf, nor put a stumblingblock before the blind; but thou shalt fear thy God: I am Jehovah.

    15Ye shall do no unrighteousness in judgment: thou shalt not respect the person of the poor, nor honor the person of the mighty; but in righteousness shalt thou judge thy neighbor.

    16Thou shalt not go up and down as a talebearer among thy people: neither shalt thou stand against the blood of thy neighbor: I am Jehovah.

  • Deut 16:20
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    20That which is altogether just shalt thou follow, that thou mayest live, and inherit the land which Jehovah thy God giveth thee.

  • Deut 16:18
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    18Judges and officers shalt thou make thee in all thy gates, which Jehovah thy God giveth thee, according to thy tribes; and they shall judge the people with righteous judgment.

  • Deut 1:16-17
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    81%

    16And I charged your judges at that time, saying, Hear [the causes] between your brethren, and judge righteously between a man and his brother, and the sojourner that is with him.

    17Ye shall not respect persons in judgment; ye shall hear the small and the great alike; ye shall not be afraid of the face of man; for the judgment is God's: and the cause that is too hard for you ye shall bring unto me, and I will hear it.

  • 2 Chr 19:6-7
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    81%

    6and said to the judges, Consider what ye do: for ye judge not for man, but for Jehovah; and [he is] with you in the judgment.

    7Now therefore let the fear of Jehovah be upon you; take heed and do it: for there is no iniquity with Jehovah our God, nor respect of persons, nor taking of bribes.

  • Deut 24:17
    80%

    17Thou shalt not wrest the justice [due] to the sojourner, [or] to the fatherless, nor take the widow's raiment to pledge;

  • Prov 24:23
    78%

    23These also are [sayings] of the wise. To have respect of persons in judgment is not good.

  • Prov 18:5
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    5To respect the person of the wicked is not good, [Nor] to turn aside the righteous in judgment.

  • Exod 23:1-3
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    76%

    1Thou shalt not take up a false report: put not thy hand with the wicked to be an unrighteous witness.

    2Thou shalt not follow a multitude to do evil; neither shalt thou speak in a cause to turn aside after a multitude to wrest [justice] :

    3neither shalt thou favor a poor man in his cause.

  • Lev 19:35
    75%

    35Ye shall do no unrighteousness in judgment, in measures of length, of weight, or of quantity.

  • Prov 28:21
    75%

    21To have respect of persons is not good; Neither that a man should transgress for a piece of bread.

  • Prov 17:23
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    23A wicked man receiveth a bribe out of the bosom, To pervert the ways of justice.

  • Deut 17:9-11
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    72%

    9and thou shalt come unto the priests the Levites, and unto the judge that shall be in those days: and thou shalt inquire; and they shall show thee the sentence of judgment.

    10And thou shalt do according to the tenor of the sentence which they shall show thee from that place which Jehovah shall choose; and thou shalt observe to do according to all that they shall teach thee:

    11according to the tenor of the law which they shall teach thee, and according to the judgment which they shall tell thee, thou shalt do; thou shalt not turn aside from the sentence which they shall show thee, to the right hand, nor to the left.

  • Deut 19:14
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    14Thou shalt not remove thy neighbor's landmark, which they of old time have set, in thine inheritance which thou shalt inherit, in the land that Jehovah thy God giveth thee to possess it.

  • John 7:24
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    24Judge not according to appearance, but judge righteous judgment.

  • Deut 27:19
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    19Cursed be he that wresteth the justice [due] to the sojourner, fatherless, and widow. And all the people shall say, Amen.

  • Isa 1:23
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    23Thy princes are rebellious, and companions of thieves; every one loveth bribes, and followeth after rewards: they judge not the fatherless, neither doth the cause of the widow come unto them.

  • Prov 29:4
    71%

    4The king by justice establisheth the land; But he that exacteth gifts overthroweth it.

  • Ps 82:2
    70%

    2How long will ye judge unjustly, And respect the persons of the wicked? {{Selah

  • Job 34:19
    70%

    19That respecteth not the persons of princes, Nor regardeth the rich more than the poor; For they all are the work of his hands.

  • Deut 25:1
    70%

    1If there be a controversy between men, and they come unto judgment, and [the judges] judge them; then they shall justify the righteous, and condemn the wicked;

  • Lev 19:11
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    11Ye shall not steal; neither shall ye deal falsely, nor lie one to another.

  • Lev 25:17
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    17And ye shall not wrong one another; but thou shalt fear thy God: for I am Jehovah your God.

  • Deut 19:18
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    18and the judges shall make diligent inquisition: and, behold, if the witness be a false witness, and have testified falsely against his brother;

  • Jas 2:9
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    9but if ye have respect of persons, ye commit sin, being convicted by the law as transgressors.

  • Deut 25:13-16
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    13Thou shalt not have in thy bag diverse weights, a great and a small.

    14Thou shalt not have in thy house diverse measures, a great and a small.

    15A perfect and just weight shalt thou have; a perfect and just measure shalt thou have: that thy days may be long in the land which Jehovah thy God giveth thee.

    16For all that do such things, [even] all that do unrighteously, are an abomination unto Jehovah thy God.

  • Prov 22:22
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    22Rob not the poor, because he is poor; Neither oppress the afflicted in the gate:

  • Matt 7:1
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    1Judge not, that ye be not judged.

  • Lev 25:14
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    14And if thou sell aught unto thy neighbor, or buy of thy neighbor's hand, ye shall not wrong one another.

  • Exod 21:1
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    1Now these are the ordinances which thou shalt set before them.

  • Jas 2:4
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    4do ye not make distinctions among yourselves, and become judges with evil thoughts?

  • Prov 31:5
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    5Lest they drink, and forget the law, And pervert the justice [due] to any that is afflicted.

  • Isa 33:15
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    15He that walketh righteously, and speaketh uprightly; he that despiseth the gain of oppressions, that shaketh his hands from taking a bribe, that stoppeth his ears from hearing of blood, and shutteth his eyes from looking upon evil:

  • Deut 24:14
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    14Thou shalt not oppress a hired servant that is poor and needy, whether he be of thy brethren, or of thy sojourners that are in thy land within thy gates:

  • Jer 22:3
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    3Thus saith Jehovah: Execute ye justice and righteousness, and deliver him that is robbed out of the hand of the oppressor: and do no wrong, do no violence, to the sojourner, the fatherless, nor the widow; neither shed innocent blood in this place.