Deuteronomy 27:19
Cursed be he that perverteth the judgment of the stranger, of the fatherless and the widow: and all the people shall say: Amen.
Douay-Rheims 1899
In The King James Version
In Context
18Cursed be he that maketh the blind to wander out of his way: and all the people shall say: Amen.
Cross References
Exodus 22:21Thou shalt not molest a stranger, nor afflict him: for yourselves also were strangers in the land of Egypt.
Exodus 23:8Neither shalt thou take bribes, which even blind the wise, and pervert the words of the just.
Deuteronomy 24:17Thou shalt not pervert the judgment of the stranger nor of the fatherless, neither shalt thou take away the widow's raiment for a pledge.
Proverbs 17:23The wicked man taketh gifts out of the bosom, that he may pervert the paths of judgment.
Micah 3:9Hear this, ye princes of the house of Jacob, and ye judges of the house of Israel: you that abhor judgment, and pervert all that is right.
Matthew Henry on Deuteronomy 27:12-26
The Curses from Ebal. ( b. c. 1451.) 11 And Moses charged the people the same day, saying, 12 These shall stand upon mount Gerizim to bless the people, when ye are come over Jordan; Simeon, and Levi, and Judah, and Issachar, and Joseph, and Benjamin: 13 And these shall stand upon mount Ebal to curse; Reuben, Gad, and Asher, and Zebulun, Dan, and Naphtali. 14 And the Levites shall speak, and say unto all the men of Israel with a loud voice, 15 Cursed be the man that maketh any graven or molten image, an abomination… Read the whole commentary →