Deuteronomy 27:19
Cursed be he that perverteth the justice due to the stranger, fatherless, and widow. And all the people shall say: Amen.
JPS TaNaKH 1917
In The King James Version
In Context
18Cursed be he that maketh the blind to go astray in the way. And all the people shall say: Amen.
Cross References
Exodus 22:21(22-20) And a stranger shalt thou not wrong, neither shalt thou oppress him; for ye were strangers in the land of Egypt.
Exodus 23:8And thou shalt take no gift; for a gift blindeth them that have sight, and perverteth the words of the righteous.
Deuteronomy 24:17Thou shalt not pervert the justice due to the stranger, or to the fatherless; nor take the widow's raiment to pledge.
Proverbs 17:23A wicked man taketh a gift out of the bosom, to pervert the ways of justice.
Micah 3:9Hear this, I pray you, ye heads of the house of Jacob, and rulers of the house of Israel, that abhor justice, and pervert all equity;
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 →