Deuteronomy 16:19

Coverdale Bible (1535)

Thou shalt not wrest the lawe. Thou shalt knowe no personne also, ner take giftes. For giftes blynde the eyes of ye wyse, & peruerte ye righteous causes.

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  • Exod 23:2 : 2 Thou shalt not folowe the multitude vnto euell, ner answere at the lawe that thou woldest (to folowe the multitude) turne a syde from the right.
  • Lev 19:15 : 15 Ye shall not deale wrongeously in iudgment, nether shal ye accepte the personne of the poore, ner honoure the parsonne of the greate, but thou shalt iudge thy neghboure righteously.
  • Eccl 7:7 : 7 Who so doeth wronge, maketh a wyse man to go out of his witt, and destroyeth a gentle hert.
  • Exod 23:6-8 : 6 Thou shalt not wraist the righte of thy poore in his cause. 7 Kepe the farre from false matters. The innocent and righteous shalt thou not sley, for I iustifie not ye vngodly. 8 Thou shalt not take giftes: for giftes blinde euen them yt are sharpe of sight, & wraist the righteous causes.
  • Deut 10:17 : 17 For the LORDE yor God is God of all goddes, & LORDE ouer all lordes, a greate God, mightie & terryble, which regardeth no personne, & taketh no giftes
  • Deut 24:17 : 17 Thou shalt not wrest the righte of the straunger and of the fatherlesse. And ye wedowes rayment shalt thou not take to pledge:
  • Deut 27:19 : 19 Cursed be he, that wresteth ye righte of ye straunger, of the fatherlesse, & wedowe. And all the people shal saye, Amen.
  • Prov 17:23 : 23 The vngodly taketh giftes out of the bosome, to wraist the wayes of iudgment.
  • Prov 24:23 : 23 These are also ye saieges of ye wyse. It is not good, to haue respecte of any personne in iudgmet.
  • Prov 24:28 : 28 Be no false wytnesse agaynst yi neghbor, & hurte him not wt yi lyppes.
  • 1 Sam 8:3 : 3 Neuertheles his sonnes walked not in his wayes, but enclyned vnto couetousnes, & toke giftes, & wraysted the lawe.
  • 1 Sam 12:3 : 3 Beholde, here am I: answere ye agaynst me before the RORDE and his anoynted, yf I haue taken eny mans oxe or asse, yf I haue done eny man violence or wronge, If I haue oppressed eny ma, yf I haue receaued a gifte of eny mans hande, and kepte it secretly, I wil restore it you agayne.
  • Job 31:21-22 : 21 Dyd I euer lyft vp my honde to hurte the fatherlesse? Yee in the gate where I sawe my self to be in auctorite: 22 The let myne arme fall fro my shulder, & myne arme holes be broken from the ioyntes.
  • Deut 1:16-17 : 16 And I charged your iudges at ye same tyme, & sayde: Heare youre brethre, & iudge righteously betwene euery man and his brother, and the straunger. 17 Ye shall knowe no personne in iudgment, but shall heare the small as well as the greate, and be afrayed of no man: for the Iudgment is Gods. But yf eny cause be to harde for you, let it be broughte vnto me, yt I maye heare it.
  • Isa 1:17 : 17 Lerne to do right, applie youre selues to equyte, delyuer the oppressed, helpe the fatherlesse to his right, let the wydowes complaynte come before you.
  • Isa 1:23 : 23 Thy prynces are traytours and companyons of theues. They loue giftes altogether, and folowe rewardes. As for the fatherles, they helpe him not to his right, nether wil they let the wydowes causes come before them.
  • Isa 33:15 : 15 He that ledeth a godly life (saye I) & speaketh the treuth: He that abhorreth to do violence and disceate: he that kepeth his hode that he touch no rewarde: which stoppeth his eares, that he heare no councel agaynst the innocent: which holdeth downe his eyes, that he se no euel.
  • Jer 5:28 : 28 herof are they fat and welthy, and are runne awaye fro me with shamefull blasphemies. They ministre not the lawe, they make no ende of the fatherlesses cause, they iudge not the poore acordinge to equite.
  • Ezek 22:12 : 12 Yee giftes haue bene receaued in the, to shed bloude. Thou hast taken vsury & encreace, thou hast oppressed thy neghbours by extorcion, and forgotten me, saieth the LORDE God.
  • Mic 7:3 : 3 yet they saye they do well, when they do euell. As the prince wil, so sayeth the iudge: yt he maye do him a pleasure agayne. The greate ma speaketh what his herte desyreth, & ye hearers alowe him.
  • Hab 1:4 : 4 for the lawe is torne in peces, and there can no right iudgment go forth. And why? the vngodly is more set by then the rightuous: this is the cause, yt wronge iudgment procedeth.
  • Zeph 3:3-5 : 3 Hir rulers within her are as roaringe lyons: hir iudges are as wolues in the euenynge, which leaue nothinge behynde them till the morow. 4 Hir prophetes are light personnes and vn faithfull men: hir prestes vnhalowe the Sanctuary, and do wronge vnder the pretence of the lawe. 5 But the iust LORDE that doth no vnright, was amonge them, euery mornynge shewinge them his lawe clearly, and ceassed not. But the vngodly will not lerne to be a?shamed.
  • Acts 10:34 : 34 Peter opened his mouth, & sayde: Now perceaue I of a trueth, that God hath no respecte of personnes,
  • Acts 16:37 : 37 But Paul sayde vnto them: They haue beaten vs openly vncondempned (where as we are yet Romaynes) and haue cast vs in preson, and shulde they now thrust vs out preuely? Not so, but let them come them selues, and brynge vs out.
  • Acts 23:3 : 3 Then sayde Paul vnto him: God shal smyte the thou paynted wall. Syttest thou and iudgest me after the lawe, and commaundest me to be smytten cotrary to ye lawe?

Similar Verses (AI)

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  • Exod 23:6-8
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    86%

    6 Thou shalt not wraist the righte of thy poore in his cause.

    7 Kepe the farre from false matters. The innocent and righteous shalt thou not sley, for I iustifie not ye vngodly.

    8 Thou shalt not take giftes: for giftes blinde euen them yt are sharpe of sight, & wraist the righteous causes.

  • Lev 19:14-16
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    85%

    14 Thou shalt not curse the deaf. Thou shalt put no stomblynge blocke before ye blinde, but shalt feare thy God: for I am the LORDE.

    15 Ye shall not deale wrongeously in iudgment, nether shal ye accepte the personne of the poore, ner honoure the parsonne of the greate, but thou shalt iudge thy neghboure righteously.

    16 Thou shalt let no preuy accuser go amoge ye people. Nether shalt thou stonde agaynst yi neghbours bloude: for I am ye LORDE.

  • Deut 16:20
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    20 Loke what righte is, yt shalt thou folowe, that thou mayest lyue & possesse the londe, which the LORDE thy God shal geue the.

  • Deut 16:18
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    18 Ivdges & officers shalt thou ordeyne within all yi gates, which ye LORDE thy God geueth the amoge thy trybes, yt they maye iudge the people with righteous iudgment.

  • Deut 1:16-17
    2 verses
    81%

    16 And I charged your iudges at ye same tyme, & sayde: Heare youre brethre, & iudge righteously betwene euery man and his brother, and the straunger.

    17 Ye shall knowe no personne in iudgment, but shall heare the small as well as the greate, and be afrayed of no man: for the Iudgment is Gods. But yf eny cause be to harde for you, let it be broughte vnto me, yt I maye heare it.

  • 2 Chr 19:6-7
    2 verses
    81%

    6 And sayde vnto the Iudges: Take hede what ye do: for ye execute not the iudgment of man, but of the LORDE, and he is with you in iudgmet:

    7 therfore let the feare of the LORDE be with you, and bewarre, and do it: for with the LORDE oure God there is no vnrighteousnes, ner respecte of personnes, ner acceptinge of giftes.

  • Deut 24:17
    80%

    17 Thou shalt not wrest the righte of the straunger and of the fatherlesse. And ye wedowes rayment shalt thou not take to pledge:

  • Prov 24:23
    78%

    23 These are also ye saieges of ye wyse. It is not good, to haue respecte of any personne in iudgmet.

  • Prov 18:5
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    5 It is not good to regarde ye personne of the vngodly, or to put backe ye righteous in iudgmet.

  • Exod 23:1-3
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    76%

    1 Thou shalt not accepte a vayne tale, that thou woldest manteyne the vngodly, and be a false wytnesse.

    2 Thou shalt not folowe the multitude vnto euell, ner answere at the lawe that thou woldest (to folowe the multitude) turne a syde from the right.

    3 Thou shalt not paynte a poore mas cause.

  • Lev 19:35
    75%

    35 Ye shal not deale wrogeously in iudgmet, with meteyarde, with weight, with measure:

  • Prov 28:21
    75%

    21 To haue respecte of personnes in iudgment is not good: And why? he will do wronge, yee euen for a pece of bred.

  • Prov 17:23
    75%

    23 The vngodly taketh giftes out of the bosome, to wraist the wayes of iudgment.

  • Deut 17:9-11
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    72%

    9 and shalt come to the prestes the Leuites, & to the iudge which shalbe at that tyme, and shalt axe. They shal shewe the how to iudge,

    10 and thou shalt do therafter, as they saye vnto the, in ye place which the LORDE hath chosen: and thou shalt take hede that thou do acordinge vnto all yt they teach the.

    11 Acordinge to the lawe yt they teach the, & after the iudgment that they tell ye, shalt thou do so that thou turne not asyde from ye same, nether to the righte hande ner to the lefte.

  • Deut 19:14
    72%

    14 Thou shalt not remoue thy neghbours marck, which they of olde tyme haue set in thine enheritaunce, that thou enheretest in the londe, which the LORDE thy God hath geuen the to possesse it.

  • John 7:24
    72%

    24 Iudge not after the vtter appearauce, but iudge righteous iudgment.

  • Deut 27:19
    72%

    19 Cursed be he, that wresteth ye righte of ye straunger, of the fatherlesse, & wedowe. And all the people shal saye, Amen.

  • Isa 1:23
    71%

    23 Thy prynces are traytours and companyons of theues. They loue giftes altogether, and folowe rewardes. As for the fatherles, they helpe him not to his right, nether wil they let the wydowes causes come before them.

  • Prov 29:4
    71%

    4 With true iudgment ye kynge setteth vp the londe, but yf he be a man yt taketh giftes, he turneth it vpsyde downe.

  • Ps 82:2
    70%

    2 How longe wil ye geue wroge iudgment, & accepte the personnes of the vngodly?

  • Job 34:19
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    19 Vngodly men are ye He hath no respecte vnto the personnes of ye lordly, & regardeth not the rich more the poore. For they be all the worke of his hondes.

  • Deut 25:1
    70%

    1 Whan there is a stryfe betwene men, they shalbe brought before ye lawe and iudged: and the iudges shall iustifye the righteous, and condemne the vngodly.

  • Lev 19:11
    70%

    11 Ye shal not steale, nether lye, ner deale falsely one with another.

  • Lev 25:17
    70%

    17 Therfore let no man defraude his neghboure, but feare yi God. For I am the LORDE youre God.

  • Deut 19:18
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    18 And the iudges shall make diligent inquisicion: & yf the witnesse be founde false, and hath geue false witnesse agaynst his brother,

  • Jas 2:9
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    9 But yf ye regarde one person more then another, ye comit synne, and are rebuked of the lawe as trsagressours.

  • Deut 25:13-16
    4 verses
    70%

    13 Thou shalt not haue in yi bagg two maner of weightes, a greate and a small.

    14 Nether shalt thou haue in thyne house dyuerse measures, a greate and a small.

    15 Thou shalt haue a perfecte and iust weighte, and a perfecte and iust measure, that thy life maye be longe in the londe, which the LORDE yi God shal geue the.

    16 For who so euer doth soch (yee all they that do euell) are abhominacion vnto the LORDE thy God.

  • Prov 22:22
    70%

    22 Se yt thou robbe not ye poore because he is weake, and oppresse not ye simple in iudgment:

  • Matt 7:1
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    1 Ivdge not, that ye be not iudged:

  • Lev 25:14
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    14 Now whan thou sellest ought vnto thy neghboure, or byest eny thinge of him, there shal none of you oppresse his brother:

  • Exod 21:1
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    1 These are the lawes, that thou shalt laye before them.

  • Jas 2:4
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    4 are ye not parciall in youre selues, and haue iudged after euyll thoughtes?

  • Prov 31:5
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    5 lest they beinge dronken forget the lawe, & regarde not ye cause of the poore, & of all soch as be in aduersite.

  • Isa 33:15
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    15 He that ledeth a godly life (saye I) & speaketh the treuth: He that abhorreth to do violence and disceate: he that kepeth his hode that he touch no rewarde: which stoppeth his eares, that he heare no councel agaynst the innocent: which holdeth downe his eyes, that he se no euel.

  • Deut 24:14
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    14 Thou shalt not withdrawe the hyre of ye nedye and poore amonge thy brethren, or straunger that is in thy londe,

  • Jer 22:3
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    3 Thus the LORDE commaundeth: kepe equite and rightuousnesse, delyuer the oppressed fro the power off the violent: do not greue ner oppresse the straunger, the fatherlesse ner the wyddowe, ad shed no innocet bloude in this place.