Deuteronomy 16:19
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Thou shalt not wrest judgment; thou shalt not respect persons, neither take a gift: for a gift doth blind the eyes of the wise, and pervert the words of the righteous.Do not deny 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.
In other translations
Thou shalt not wrest judgment; thou shalt not respect persons, neither take a gift: for a gift doth blind the eyes of the wise, and pervert the words of the righteous.Do not deny 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.
Hebrew words
לֹא־lo'-notH3808תַטֶּהtatehyou will turn asideH5186מִשְׁפָּטmishpatjusticeH4941לֹאlo'notH3808תַכִּירtakiryou will pay regard toH5234פָּנִיםpanimfacesH6440וְלֹא־velo'-and notH3808תִקַּחtikachyou will takeH3947שֹׁחַדshochada bribeH7810כִּיkiforH3588הַשֹּׁחַדhashochadthe bribeH7810יְעַוֵּרye'averit makes blindH5786עֵינֵי'einei[the] eyes ofH5869חֲכָמִיםchakhamimwise [people]H2450וִיסַלֵּףvisalefso it may pervertH5557דִּבְרֵיdivrei[the] words ofH1697צַדִּיקִם׃tzadikimrighteous [people]H6662
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Related verses
- Leviticus 19:15Ye shall do no unrighteousness in judgment: thou shalt not respect the person of the poor, nor honour the person of the mighty: but in righteousness shalt thou judge thy neighbour.You must not pervert justice; you must not show partiality to the poor or favoritism to the rich; you are to judge your neighbor fairly.
- Proverbs 17:23A wicked man taketh a gift out of the bosom to pervert the ways of judgment.A wicked man takes a covert bribe to subvert the course of justice.
- Exodus 23:2Thou shalt not follow a multitude to do evil; neither shalt thou speak in a cause to decline after many to wrest judgment:You shall not follow the crowd in wrongdoing. When you testify in a lawsuit, do not pervert justice by siding with the crowd.
- Deuteronomy 24:17Thou shalt not pervert the judgment of the stranger, nor of the fatherless; nor take a widow’s raiment to pledge:Do not deny justice to the foreigner or the fatherless, and do not take a widow’s cloak as security.
- Deuteronomy 10:17For the Lord your God is God of gods, and Lord of lords, a great God, a mighty, and a terrible, which regardeth not persons, nor taketh reward:For the LORD your God is God of gods and Lord of lords, the great, mighty, and awesome God, showing no partiality and accepting no bribe.
- Habakkuk 1:4Therefore the law is slacked, and judgment doth never go forth: for the wicked doth compass about the righteous; therefore wrong judgment proceedeth.Therefore the law is paralyzed, and justice never goes forth. For the wicked hem in the righteous, so that justice is perverted.
- Deuteronomy 27:19Cursed be he that perverteth the judgment of the stranger, fatherless, and widow. And all the people shall say, Amen.‘Cursed is he who withholds justice from the foreigner, the fatherless, or the widow.’ And let all the people say, ‘Amen!’
- Proverbs 24:23These things also belong to the wise. It is not good to have respect of persons in judgment.These also are sayings of the wise: To show partiality in judgment is not good.
- Isaiah 1:17Learn to do well; seek judgment, relieve the oppressed, judge the fatherless, plead for the widow.Learn to do right; seek justice and correct the oppressor. Defend the fatherless and plead the case of the widow.”
- Ecclesiastes 7:7Surely oppression maketh a wise man mad; and a gift destroyeth the heart.Surely extortion turns a wise man into a fool, and a bribe corrupts the heart.
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