Deuteronomy 16:19

Young's Literal Translation (1862/1898)

Thou dost not turn aside judgment; thou dost not discern faces, nor take a bribe, for the bribe blindeth the eyes of the wise, and perverteth the words of the righteous.

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  • Exod 23:2 : 2 `Thou art not after many to evil, nor dost thou testify concerning a strife, to turn aside after many to cause `others' to turn aside;
  • Lev 19:15 : 15 `Ye do not do perversity in judgment; thou dost not lift up the face of the poor, nor honour the face of the great; in righteousness thou dost judge thy fellow.
  • Eccl 7:7 : 7 Surely oppression maketh the wise mad, And a gift destroyeth the heart.
  • Exod 23:6-8 : 6 `Thou dost not turn aside the judgment of thy needy one in his strife; 7 from a false matter thou dost keep far off, and an innocent and righteous man thou dost not slay; for I do not justify a wicked man. 8 `And a bribe thou dost not take; for the bribe bindeth the open-`eyed', and perverteth the words of the righteous.
  • Deut 10:17 : 17 for Jehovah your God -- He `is' God of the gods, and Lord of the lords; God, the great, the mighty, and the fearful; who accepteth not persons, nor taketh a bribe;
  • Deut 24:17 : 17 `Thou dost not turn aside the judgment of a fatherless sojourner, nor take in pledge the garment of a widow;
  • Deut 27:19 : 19 `Cursed `is' he who is turning aside the judgment of fatherless, sojourner, and widow, -- and all the people have said, Amen.
  • Prov 17:23 : 23 A bribe from the bosom the wicked taketh, To turn aside the paths of judgment.
  • Prov 24:23 : 23 These also are for the wise: -- To discern faces in judgment is not good.
  • Prov 24:28 : 28 Be not a witness for nought against thy neighbour, Or thou hast enticed with thy lips.
  • 1 Sam 8:3 : 3 and his sons have not walked in his ways, and turn aside after the dishonest gain, and take a bribe, and turn aside judgment.
  • 1 Sam 12:3 : 3 `Lo, here `am' I; testify against me, over-against Jehovah, and over-against His anointed; whose ox have I taken, and whose ass have I taken, and whom have I oppressed; whom have I bruised, and of whose hand have I taken a ransom, and hide mine eyes with it? -- and I restore to you.'
  • Job 31:21-22 : 21 If I have waved at the fatherless my hand, When I see in `him' the gate of my court, 22 My shoulder from its blade let fall, And mine arm from the bone be broken.
  • Deut 1:16-17 : 16 And I command your judges at that time, saying, Hearkening between your brethren -- then ye have judged righteousness between a man, and his brother, and his sojourner; 17 ye do not discern faces in judgment; as the little so the great ye do hear; ye are not afraid of the face of any, for the judgment is God's, and the thing which is too hard for you, ye bring near unto me, and I have heard it;
  • Isa 1:17 : 17 Seek judgment, make happy the oppressed, Judge the fatherless, strive `for' the widow.
  • Isa 1:23 : 23 Thy princes `are' apostates, and companions of thieves, Every one loving a bribe, and pursuing rewards, The fatherless they judge not, And the plea of the widow cometh not to them.
  • Isa 33:15 : 15 Whoso is walking righteously, And is speaking uprightly, Kicking against gain of oppressions, Shaking his hands from taking hold on a bribe, Stopping his ear from hearing of blood, And shutting his eyes from looking on evil,
  • Jer 5:28 : 28 They have been fat, they have shone, Yea, they have overpassed the acts of the evil, Judgment they have not judged, The judgment of the fatherless -- and they prosper, And the judgment of the needy they have not judged.
  • Ezek 22:12 : 12 A bribe they have taken in thee to shed blood, Usury and increase thou hast taken, And cuttest off thy neighbour by oppression, And Me thou hast forgotten, An affirmation of the Lord Jehovah!
  • Mic 7:3 : 3 On the evil `are' both hands to do `it' well, The prince is asking -- also the judge -- for recompence, And the great -- he is speaking the mischief of his soul, And they wrap it up.
  • Hab 1:4 : 4 Therefore doth law cease, And judgment doth not go forth for ever, For the wicked is compassing the righteous, Therefore wrong judgment goeth forth.
  • Zeph 3:3-5 : 3 Her heads in her midst `are' roaring lions, Her judges `are' evening wolves, They have not gnawn the bone in the morning. 4 Her prophets unstable -- men of treachery, Her priests have polluted the sanctuary, They have violated the law. 5 Jehovah `is' righteous in her midst, He doth not do perverseness, Morning by morning His judgment he giveth to the light, It hath not been lacking, And the perverse doth not know shame.
  • Acts 10:34 : 34 And Peter having opened his mouth, said, `Of a truth, I perceive that God is no respecter of persons,
  • Acts 16:37 : 37 and Paul said to them, `Having beaten us publicly uncondemned -- men, Romans being -- they did cast `us' to prison, and now privately do they cast us forth! why no! but having come themselves, let them bring us forth.'
  • Acts 23:3 : 3 then Paul said unto him, `God is about to smite thee, thou whitewashed wall, and thou -- thou dost sit judging me according to the law, and, violating law, dost order me to be smitten!'

Similar Verses (AI)

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  • Exod 23:6-8
    3 verses
    86%

    6`Thou dost not turn aside the judgment of thy needy one in his strife;

    7from a false matter thou dost keep far off, and an innocent and righteous man thou dost not slay; for I do not justify a wicked man.

    8`And a bribe thou dost not take; for the bribe bindeth the open-`eyed', and perverteth the words of the righteous.

  • Lev 19:14-16
    3 verses
    85%

    14`Thou dost not revile the deaf; and before the blind thou dost not put a stumbling block; and thou hast been afraid of thy God; I `am' Jehovah.

    15`Ye do not do perversity in judgment; thou dost not lift up the face of the poor, nor honour the face of the great; in righteousness thou dost judge thy fellow.

    16`Thou dost not go slandering among thy people; thou dost not stand against the blood of thy neighbour; I `am' Jehovah.

  • Deut 16:20
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    20Righteousness -- righteousness thou dost pursue, so that thou livest, and hast possessed the land which Jehovah thy God is giving to thee.

  • Deut 16:18
    81%

    18`Judges and authorities thou dost make to thee within all thy gates which Jehovah thy God is giving to thee, for thy tribes; and they have judged the people -- a righteous judgment.

  • Deut 1:16-17
    2 verses
    81%

    16And I command your judges at that time, saying, Hearkening between your brethren -- then ye have judged righteousness between a man, and his brother, and his sojourner;

    17ye do not discern faces in judgment; as the little so the great ye do hear; ye are not afraid of the face of any, for the judgment is God's, and the thing which is too hard for you, ye bring near unto me, and I have heard it;

  • 2 Chr 19:6-7
    2 verses
    81%

    6and saith unto the judges, `See what ye are doing -- for not for man do ye judge, but for Jehovah, who `is' with you in the matter of judgment;

    7and now, let fear of Jehovah be upon you, observe and do, for there is not with Jehovah our God perverseness, and acceptance of faces, and taking of a bribe.'

  • Deut 24:17
    80%

    17`Thou dost not turn aside the judgment of a fatherless sojourner, nor take in pledge the garment of a widow;

  • Prov 24:23
    78%

    23These also are for the wise: -- To discern faces in judgment is not good.

  • Prov 18:5
    78%

    5Acceptance of the face of the wicked `is' not good, To turn aside the righteous in judgment.

  • Exod 23:1-3
    3 verses
    76%

    1`Thou dost not lift up a vain report; thou dost not put thy hand with a wicked man to be a violent witness.

    2`Thou art not after many to evil, nor dost thou testify concerning a strife, to turn aside after many to cause `others' to turn aside;

    3and a poor man thou dost not honour in his strife.

  • Lev 19:35
    75%

    35`Ye do not do perversity in judgment, in mete-yard, in weight, or in liquid measure;

  • Prov 28:21
    75%

    21To discern faces is not good, And for a piece of bread doth a man transgress.

  • Prov 17:23
    75%

    23A bribe from the bosom the wicked taketh, To turn aside the paths of judgment.

  • Deut 17:9-11
    3 verses
    72%

    9and hast come in unto the priests, the Levites, and unto the judge who is in those days, and hast inquired, and they have declared to thee the word of judgment,

    10and thou hast done according to the tenor of the word which they declare to thee (`they' of that place which Jehovah doth choose; and thou hast observed to do according to all that they direct thee.

    11`According to the tenor of the law which they direct thee, and according to the judgment which they say to thee thou dost do; thou dost not turn aside from the word which they declare to thee, right or left.

  • Deut 19:14
    72%

    14`Thou dost not remove a border of thy neighbour, which they of former times have made, in thine inheritance, which thou dost inherit in the land which Jehovah thy God is giving to thee to possess it.

  • John 7:24
    72%

    24judge not according to appearance, but the righteous judgment judge.'

  • Deut 27:19
    72%

    19`Cursed `is' he who is turning aside the judgment of fatherless, sojourner, and widow, -- and all the people have said, Amen.

  • Isa 1:23
    71%

    23Thy princes `are' apostates, and companions of thieves, Every one loving a bribe, and pursuing rewards, The fatherless they judge not, And the plea of the widow cometh not to them.

  • Prov 29:4
    71%

    4A king by judgment establisheth a land, And one receiving gifts throweth it down.

  • Ps 82:2
    70%

    2Till when do ye judge perversely? And the face of the wicked lift up? Selah.

  • Job 34:19
    70%

    19That hath not accepted the person of princes, Nor hath known the rich before the poor, For a work of His hands `are' all of them.

  • Deut 25:1
    70%

    1`When there is a strife between men, and they have come nigh unto the judgment, and they have judged, and declared righteous the righteous, and declared wrong the wrong-doer,

  • Lev 19:11
    70%

    11`Ye do not steal, nor feign, nor lie one against his fellow.

  • Lev 25:17
    70%

    17and ye do not oppress one another, and thou hast been afraid of thy God; for I `am' Jehovah your God.

  • Deut 19:18
    70%

    18and the judges have searched diligently, and lo, the witness `is' a false witness, a falsehood he hath testified against his brother:

  • Jas 2:9
    70%

    9and if ye accept persons, sin ye do work, being convicted by the law as transgressors;

  • Deut 25:13-16
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    70%

    13`Thou hast not in thy bag a stone and a stone, a great and a small.

    14Thou hast not in thy house an ephah and an ephah, a great and a small.

    15Thou hast a stone complete and just, thou hast an ephah complete and just, so that they prolong thy days on the ground which Jehovah thy God is giving to thee;

    16for the abomination of Jehovah thy God `is' any one doing these things, any one doing iniquity.

  • Prov 22:22
    70%

    22Rob not the poor because he `is' poor, And bruise not the afflicted in the gate.

  • Matt 7:1
    70%

    1`Judge not, that ye may not be judged,

  • Lev 25:14
    70%

    14`And when thou sellest anything to thy fellow, or buyest from the hand of thy fellow, ye do not oppress one another;

  • Exod 21:1
    70%

    1`And these `are' the judgments which thou dost set before them:

  • Jas 2:4
    70%

    4ye did not judge fully in yourselves, and did become ill-reasoning judges.

  • Prov 31:5
    70%

    5Lest he drink, and forget the decree, And change the judgment of any of the sons of affliction.

  • Isa 33:15
    69%

    15Whoso is walking righteously, And is speaking uprightly, Kicking against gain of oppressions, Shaking his hands from taking hold on a bribe, Stopping his ear from hearing of blood, And shutting his eyes from looking on evil,

  • Deut 24:14
    69%

    14`Thou dost not oppress a hireling, poor and needy, of thy brethren or of thy sojourner who is in thy land within thy gates;

  • Jer 22:3
    69%

    3Thus said Jehovah: Do ye judgment and righteousness, And deliver the plundered from the hand of the oppressor, And sojourner, orphan, and widow, ye do not oppress nor wrong, And innocent blood ye do not shed in this place.