Deuteronomy 27:19

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Cursed is anyone who denies justice to the foreigner, the fatherless, or the widow. Then all the people shall say, 'Amen.'

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  • Deut 10:18 : 18 He ensures justice for the fatherless and the widow, and He loves the foreigner, giving him food and clothing.
  • Deut 24:17 : 17 Do not pervert justice for the foreigner or the fatherless, and do not take a widow's garment as security for a pledge.
  • Ps 82:2-4 : 2 How long will you judge unjustly and show partiality to the wicked? Selah. 3 Defend the weak and the fatherless; uphold the cause of the poor and the oppressed. 4 Rescue the weak and the needy; deliver them from the hand of the wicked.
  • Prov 17:23 : 23 The wicked accept a bribe in secret to pervert the ways of justice.
  • Exod 23:2 : 2 Do not follow the majority to do evil, and do not testify in a dispute to turn aside after the majority to pervert justice.
  • Mic 3:9 : 9 Hear this, leaders of the house of Jacob and rulers of the house of Israel, you who despise justice and twist all that is right:
  • Mal 3:5 : 5 I will come near to you for judgment. I will be a swift witness against sorcerers, adulterers, and those who swear falsely; against those who defraud workers of their wages, oppress widows and orphans, and deprive foreigners of justice. They do not fear me, says the Lord of Hosts.
  • Exod 23:8-9 : 8 Do not accept a bribe, for a bribe blinds those who see and twists the words of the righteous. 9 Do not oppress a foreigner; you yourselves know how it feels to be foreigners, because you were foreigners in the land of Egypt.
  • Prov 31:5 : 5 Lest they drink and forget what has been decreed, and deprive all the oppressed of their rights.
  • Exod 22:21-24 : 21 Do not afflict a widow or an orphan. 22 If you do afflict them and they cry out to me, I will certainly hear their cry. 23 My anger will burn, and I will kill you with the sword; your wives will become widows and your children fatherless. 24 If you lend money to my people, to the poor among you, you must not act as a creditor to him; do not charge him interest.

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  • Deut 27:15-18
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    15Cursed is anyone who makes a carved or cast idol, an abomination to the LORD, the work of a craftsman, and sets it up in secret. Then all the people shall say, 'Amen.'

    16Cursed is anyone who dishonors his father or mother. Then all the people shall say, 'Amen.'

    17Cursed is anyone who moves his neighbor's boundary marker. Then all the people shall say, 'Amen.'

    18Cursed is anyone who leads a blind person astray on the road. Then all the people shall say, 'Amen.'

  • Deut 27:20-26
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    82%

    20Cursed is anyone who sleeps with his father's wife, for he has dishonored his father's bed. Then all the people shall say, 'Amen.'

    21Cursed is anyone who has sexual relations with any animal. Then all the people shall say, 'Amen.'

    22Cursed is anyone who has sexual relations with his sister, the daughter of his father or the daughter of his mother. Then all the people shall say, 'Amen.'

    23Cursed is anyone who sleeps with his mother-in-law. Then all the people shall say, 'Amen.'

    24Cursed is anyone who kills his neighbor secretly. Then all the people shall say, 'Amen.'

    25Cursed is anyone who accepts a bribe to kill an innocent person. Then all the people shall say, 'Amen.'

    26Cursed is anyone who does not uphold the words of this law by carrying them out. Then all the people shall say, 'Amen.'

  • Deut 24:17
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    17Do not pervert justice for the foreigner or the fatherless, and do not take a widow's garment as security for a pledge.

  • Isa 10:1-2
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    78%

    1Woe to those who enact unjust decrees and to those who write oppressive laws.

    2They deprive the poor of justice and rob the rights of the needy among my people, making widows their spoil and leaving orphans to be plundered.

  • Ezek 22:7
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    7Within you, they have treated father and mother with contempt; they have oppressed the foreigner in your midst; they have wronged the orphan and the widow.

  • Ps 94:6
    76%

    6They kill the widow and the foreigner; they murder the fatherless.

  • Ps 146:9
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    9The LORD protects the sojourners; he sustains the fatherless and the widow, but he frustrates the way of the wicked.

  • Exod 23:6
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    6Do not deny justice to your poor among you in their lawsuit.

  • Jer 7:6
    75%

    6if you do not oppress the foreigner, the fatherless, or the widow, and do not shed innocent blood in this place, or follow other gods, bringing harm upon yourselves,

  • Deut 10:18
    75%

    18He ensures justice for the fatherless and the widow, and He loves the foreigner, giving him food and clothing.

  • Exod 22:22
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    22If you do afflict them and they cry out to me, I will certainly hear their cry.

  • Jer 22:3
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    3This is what the LORD says: Practice justice and righteousness. Rescue the one who has been robbed from the hand of the oppressor. Do not mistreat or harm the foreigner, the fatherless, or the widow. Do not shed innocent blood in this place.

  • Job 22:9
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    9You sent widows away empty-handed, and the arms of the fatherless were crushed.

  • Prov 24:24
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    24Whoever says to the wicked, 'You are righteous,' the peoples will curse him, and the nations will denounce him.

  • Ezek 22:29
    73%

    29The people of the land practice extortion and commit robbery; they oppress the poor and needy and mistreat the foreigner, denying them justice.

  • Isa 9:17
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    17For wickedness burns like a fire; it consumes briers and thorns. It sets the thickets of the forest ablaze, and they roll upward in columns of smoke.

  • Lev 19:15
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    15Do not pervert justice; do not show partiality to the poor or favoritism to the great, but judge your neighbor fairly.

  • Zech 7:10
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    10Do not oppress the widow or the orphan, the foreigner or the poor. Do not plot evil in your hearts against one another.'

  • Mal 3:5
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    5I will come near to you for judgment. I will be a swift witness against sorcerers, adulterers, and those who swear falsely; against those who defraud workers of their wages, oppress widows and orphans, and deprive foreigners of justice. They do not fear me, says the Lord of Hosts.

  • Ps 82:3
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    3Defend the weak and the fatherless; uphold the cause of the poor and the oppressed.

  • Ps 109:9-11
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    9May his children be fatherless, and his wife a widow.

    10May his children wander and beg, seeking food far from their ruined homes.

    11May a creditor seize all he owns, and may strangers plunder the fruits of his labor.

  • Ps 37:22
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    22For those blessed by the LORD will inherit the land, but those cursed by Him will be cut off.

  • Deut 24:19-21
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    19When you reap your harvest in your field and forget a sheaf there, do not go back to get it. Leave it for the foreigner, the fatherless, and the widow, so that the LORD your God may bless you in all the work of your hands.

    20When you beat your olive trees, do not go over the branches again. Leave what remains for the foreigner, the fatherless, and the widow.

    21When you harvest the grapes in your vineyard, do not go over the vines again. Leave what remains for the foreigner, the fatherless, and the widow.

  • Deut 14:29
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    29Then the Levite (because he has no portion or inheritance with you), the foreigner, the fatherless, and the widow who live in your towns may come and eat and be satisfied, so that the LORD your God may bless you in all the work of your hands.

  • Zech 5:3
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    3Then he said to me, 'This is the curse that is going out over the whole land: for everyone who steals will be judged according to what is written on one side, and everyone who swears falsely will be judged according to what is written on the other side.'

  • Prov 31:9
    72%

    9Speak up and judge fairly; defend the rights of the poor and needy.

  • Job 24:21
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    21He preys on the barren woman who does not bear children, and he does no good to the widow.

  • Job 24:3
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    3They drive away the orphan’s donkey and take the widow’s ox as security.

  • Job 6:27
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    27You would even cast lots over the fatherless and barter away your friend.

  • Mal 3:9
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    9You are under a curse—your whole nation—because you are robbing me.

  • Deut 16:19
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    19Do not pervert justice or show partiality. Do not accept a bribe, for a bribe blinds the eyes of the wise and twists the words of the righteous.

  • Isa 1:17
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    17Learn to do what is good; seek justice, correct the oppressor. Defend the cause of the fatherless and plead the case of the widow.

  • Amos 5:7
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    7You who turn justice to bitterness and cast righteousness to the ground—

  • Prov 3:33
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    33The LORD’s curse is on the house of the wicked, but He blesses the home of the righteous.

  • Prov 22:23
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    23For the LORD will plead their case and will rob of life those who rob them.

  • Isa 5:23
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    23who acquit the guilty for a bribe and deny justice to the righteous!