Deuteronomy 16:19

KJV1611 – Modern English

You shall not pervert justice; you shall not show partiality, nor take a bribe: for a bribe blinds the eyes of the wise, and perverts the words of the righteous.

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  • Exod 23:2 : 2 You shall not follow a crowd to do evil; nor shall you testify in a dispute so as to pervert justice by following the majority.
  • Lev 19:15 : 15 You shall do no unrighteousness in judgment: you shall not respect the person of the poor, nor honor the person of the mighty: but in righteousness you shall judge your neighbor.
  • Eccl 7:7 : 7 Surely oppression makes a wise man mad, and a bribe destroys the heart.
  • Exod 23:6-8 : 6 You shall not pervert the justice due to your poor in his dispute. 7 Keep far from a false matter, and do not kill the innocent and righteous, for I will not acquit the wicked. 8 And you shall take no bribe, for a bribe blinds the discerning and perverts the words of the righteous.
  • Deut 10:17 : 17 For the LORD your God is God of gods, and Lord of lords, a great God, mighty and awesome, who does not show partiality nor take a bribe:
  • Deut 24:17 : 17 You shall not pervert the judgment of the stranger, nor of the fatherless; nor take a widow's clothing as a pledge:
  • Deut 27:19 : 19 Cursed be he who perverts the judgment of the stranger, the fatherless, and the widow. And all the people shall say, Amen.
  • Prov 17:23 : 23 A wicked man takes a bribe out of the bosom, to pervert the ways of justice.
  • Prov 24:23 : 23 These sayings also belong to the wise: It is not good to show partiality in judgment.
  • Prov 24:28 : 28 Do not be a witness against your neighbor without cause, and do not deceive with your lips.
  • 1 Sam 8:3 : 3 But his sons did not walk in his ways, but turned aside after dishonest gain, and took bribes, and perverted justice.
  • 1 Sam 12:3 : 3 Behold, here I am: witness against me before the LORD, and before his anointed: whose ox have I taken? or whose donkey have I taken? or whom have I defrauded? whom have I oppressed? or from whose hand have I received any bribe to blind my eyes with it? and I will restore it to you.
  • Job 31:21-22 : 21 If I have lifted my hand against the fatherless, when I saw my help in the gate; 22 Then let my arm fall from my shoulder blade, and let my arm be broken at the bone.
  • Deut 1:16-17 : 16 And I commanded your judges at that time, saying, Hear the cases between your brethren, and judge righteously between every man and his brother, and the stranger who is with him. 17 You shall not show partiality in judgment; you shall hear the small as well as the great; you shall not be afraid of anyone, for the judgment is God's. The case that is too difficult for you, bring to 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 Your princes are rebellious, and companions of thieves: everyone loves gifts, and follows after rewards: they do not judge the fatherless, nor does the cause of the widow come to them.
  • Isa 33:15 : 15 He who walks righteously, and speaks uprightly; he who despises the gain of oppressions, who shakes his hands from holding bribes, who stops his ears from hearing of bloodshed, and shuts his eyes from seeing evil;
  • Jer 5:28 : 28 They have grown fat, they shine: yes, they surpass the deeds of the wicked: they do not judge the cause, the cause of the fatherless, yet they prosper; and the right of the needy they do not judge.
  • Ezek 22:12 : 12 In you they have taken bribes to shed blood; you have taken usury and increase, and you have greedily gained from your neighbors by extortion, and have forgotten Me, says the Lord GOD.
  • Mic 7:3 : 3 That they may do evil with both hands earnestly, the prince asks, and the judge asks for a reward; and the great man utters his mischievous desire: so they wrap it up.
  • Hab 1:4 : 4 Therefore the law is powerless, and justice never goes forth, for the wicked surround the righteous; therefore perverse judgment proceeds.
  • Zeph 3:3-5 : 3 Her princes within her are roaring lions; her judges are evening wolves; they do not gnaw the bones until the morning. 4 Her prophets are light and treacherous people: her priests have polluted the sanctuary, they have done violence to the law. 5 The just LORD is in the midst of her; he will not do wrong: every morning he brings his judgment to light, he fails not; but the unjust know no shame.
  • Acts 10:34 : 34 Then Peter opened his mouth, and said, Truly I perceive that God shows no partiality:
  • Acts 16:37 : 37 But Paul said to them, They have beaten us openly, uncondemned Romans, and have thrown us into prison. And now do they press us out secretly? No indeed! Let them come themselves and get us out.
  • Acts 23:3 : 3 Then Paul said to him, God shall strike you, you whitewashed wall! For do you sit to judge me according to the law, and command me to be struck contrary to the law?

Similar Verses (AI)

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  • Exod 23:6-8
    3 verses
    86%

    6You shall not pervert the justice due to your poor in his dispute.

    7Keep far from a false matter, and do not kill the innocent and righteous, for I will not acquit the wicked.

    8And you shall take no bribe, for a bribe blinds the discerning and perverts the words of the righteous.

  • Lev 19:14-16
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    85%

    14You shall not curse the deaf, nor put a stumbling block before the blind, but shall fear your God: I am the LORD.

    15You shall do no unrighteousness in judgment: you shall not respect the person of the poor, nor honor the person of the mighty: but in righteousness you shall judge your neighbor.

    16You shall not go around as a talebearer among your people; nor shall you stand against the life of your neighbor: I am the LORD.

  • Deut 16:20
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    20That which is altogether just you shall follow, that you may live, and inherit the land which the LORD your God gives you.

  • Deut 16:18
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    18Judges and officers you shall make for yourself in all your gates, which the LORD your God gives you, throughout your tribes: and they shall judge the people with just judgment.

  • Deut 1:16-17
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    81%

    16And I commanded your judges at that time, saying, Hear the cases between your brethren, and judge righteously between every man and his brother, and the stranger who is with him.

    17You shall not show partiality in judgment; you shall hear the small as well as the great; you shall not be afraid of anyone, for the judgment is God's. The case that is too difficult for you, bring to me, and I will hear it.

  • 2 Chr 19:6-7
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    81%

    6And said to the judges, Take heed what you do, for you judge not for man but for the LORD, who is with you in the judgment.

    7Therefore now let the fear of the LORD be upon you; take heed and do it, for there is no iniquity with the LORD our God, nor respect of persons, nor taking of gifts.

  • Deut 24:17
    80%

    17You shall not pervert the judgment of the stranger, nor of the fatherless; nor take a widow's clothing as a pledge:

  • Prov 24:23
    78%

    23These sayings also belong to the wise: It is not good to show partiality in judgment.

  • Prov 18:5
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    5It is not good to show partiality to the wicked, to overthrow the righteous in judgment.

  • Exod 23:1-3
    3 verses
    76%

    1You shall not spread a false report; do not join hands with the wicked to be a dishonest witness.

    2You shall not follow a crowd to do evil; nor shall you testify in a dispute so as to pervert justice by following the majority.

    3Nor shall you show favoritism to a poor man in his dispute.

  • Lev 19:35
    75%

    35You shall do no unrighteousness in judgment, in measuring yard, in weight, or in measure.

  • Prov 28:21
    75%

    21To show partiality is not good; for a piece of bread that man will transgress.

  • Prov 17:23
    75%

    23A wicked man takes a bribe out of the bosom, to pervert the ways of justice.

  • Deut 17:9-11
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    72%

    9and you shall come to the priests, the Levites, and to the judge who is in office in those days, and inquire, and they shall declare to you the verdict of the judgment.

    10You shall do according to the decision they give you at the place which the LORD chooses, and you shall be careful to do according to all that they instruct you.

    11According to the sentence of the law which they teach you, and according to the judgment which they tell you, you shall do; you shall not turn aside from the sentence they show you, to the right hand or to the left.

  • Deut 19:14
    72%

    14You shall not remove your neighbor's landmark, which the men of old have set in your inheritance, which you shall inherit in the land that the LORD your God gives you to possess.

  • John 7:24
    72%

    24Judge not according to appearance, but judge with righteous judgment.

  • Deut 27:19
    72%

    19Cursed be he who perverts the judgment of the stranger, the fatherless, and the widow. And all the people shall say, Amen.

  • Isa 1:23
    71%

    23Your princes are rebellious, and companions of thieves: everyone loves gifts, and follows after rewards: they do not judge the fatherless, nor does the cause of the widow come to them.

  • Prov 29:4
    71%

    4The king establishes the land by justice; but he who accepts bribes overthrows it.

  • Ps 82:2
    70%

    2How long will you judge unjustly and show partiality to the wicked? Selah.

  • Job 34:19
    70%

    19How much less to Him who does not respect the persons of princes nor regard the rich more than the poor? For they all are the work of His hands.

  • Deut 25:1
    70%

    1If there is a dispute between men, and they come to judgment, that the judges may judge them; then they shall justify the righteous, and condemn the wicked.

  • Lev 19:11
    70%

    11You shall not steal, nor deal falsely, nor lie to one another.

  • Lev 25:17
    70%

    17You shall not oppress one another; but you shall fear your God: for I am the LORD your God.

  • Deut 19:18
    70%

    18And the judges shall make careful inquiry, and indeed, if the witness is a false witness who has testified falsely against his brother;

  • Jas 2:9
    70%

    9But if you show partiality, you commit sin, and are convicted by the law as transgressors.

  • Deut 25:13-16
    4 verses
    70%

    13You shall not have in your bag differing weights, a large and a small.

    14You shall not have in your house differing measures, a large and a small.

    15But you shall have a perfect and just weight, a perfect and just measure shall you have, that your days may be prolonged in the land which the LORD your God gives you.

    16For all who do such things, and all who act unrighteously, are an abomination to the LORD your God.

  • Prov 22:22
    70%

    22Do not rob the poor because he is poor, neither oppress the afflicted in the gate;

  • Matt 7:1
    70%

    1Do not judge, so that you will not be judged.

  • Lev 25:14
    70%

    14And if you sell anything to your neighbor, or buy anything of your neighbor's hand, you shall not oppress one another:

  • Exod 21:1
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    1Now these are the judgments you shall set before them.

  • Jas 2:4
    70%

    4are you not then partial among yourselves, and become judges with evil thoughts?

  • Prov 31:5
    70%

    5Lest they drink and forget the law, and pervert the judgment of any of the afflicted.

  • Isa 33:15
    69%

    15He who walks righteously, and speaks uprightly; he who despises the gain of oppressions, who shakes his hands from holding bribes, who stops his ears from hearing of bloodshed, and shuts his eyes from seeing evil;

  • Deut 24:14
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    14You shall not oppress a hired servant who is poor and needy, whether he is of your brethren or of the strangers that are in your land within your gates:

  • Jer 22:3
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    3Thus says the LORD; Execute judgment and righteousness, and deliver the plundered out of the hand of the oppressor: and do no wrong, do no violence to the stranger, the fatherless, nor the widow, neither shed innocent blood in this place.