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Deuteronomy 16:19

Deuteronomy chapter 16 · verse 19 in three public-domain English translations with cross-references

Parallel translations

WEB

World English Bible · 2000

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.

KJV

King James Version · 1611

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.

ASV

American Standard Version · 1901

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.

Context

v.18Judges and officers shalt thou make thee in all thy gates, which Jehovah thy God giveth thee, according to thy tribes; and they shall judge the people with righteous judgment.

v.19This passage

v.20That which is altogether just shalt thou follow, that thou mayest live, and inherit the land which Jehovah thy God giveth thee.

Cross references

Related passages from across Scripture, drawn from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

  • 1 Samuel 8:3

    And his sons walked not in his ways, but turned aside after lucre, and took bribes, and perverted justice.

  • Isaiah 1:17

    learn to do well; seek justice, relieve the oppressed, judge the fatherless, plead for the widow.

  • Zephaniah 3:3

    Her princes in the midst of her are roaring lions; her judges are evening wolves; they leave nothing till the morrow.

  • Proverbs 24:28

    Be not a witness against thy neighbor without cause; And deceive not with thy lips.

  • Acts 23:3

    Then said Paul unto him, God shall smite thee, thou whited wall: and sittest thou to judge me according to the law, and commandest me to be smitten contrary to the law?

  • Ezekiel 22:12

    In thee have they taken bribes to shed blood; thou hast taken interest and increase, and thou hast greedily gained of thy neighbors by oppression, and hast forgotten me, saith the Lord Jehovah.