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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.

Thou shalt not wrest {H5186} judgment {H4941}; thou shalt not respect {H5234} persons {H6440}, neither take {H3947} a gift {H7810}: for a gift {H7810} doth blind {H5786} the eyes {H5869} of the wise {H2450}, and pervert {H5557} the words {H1697} of the righteous {H6662}.

You are not to distort justice or show favoritism, and you are not to accept a bribe, for a gift blinds the eyes of the wise and twists the words of even the upright.

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.

Thou shalt not wrest justice: thou shalt not respect persons; neither shalt thou take a bribe; for a bribe doth blind the eyes of the wise, and pervert the words of the righteous.

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Cross-References

  • Exodus 23:2 (8 votes)

    Thou shalt not follow a multitude to [do] evil; neither shalt thou speak in a cause to decline after many to wrest [judgment]:

  • Leviticus 19:15 (8 votes)

    Ye 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.

  • Proverbs 17:23 (7 votes)

    ¶ A wicked [man] taketh a gift out of the bosom to pervert the ways of judgment.

  • Habakkuk 1:4 (6 votes)

    Therefore the law is slacked, and judgment doth never go forth: for the wicked doth compass about the righteous; therefore wrong judgment proceedeth.

  • Deuteronomy 10:17 (6 votes)

    For 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:

  • Deuteronomy 24:17 (6 votes)

    Thou shalt not pervert the judgment of the stranger, [nor] of the fatherless; nor take a widow's raiment to pledge:

  • Ecclesiastes 7:7 (5 votes)

    ¶ Surely oppression maketh a wise man mad; and a gift destroyeth the heart.