Deuteronomy 27:19
Cursed be he that perverteth the cause of the stranger, of the fatherless, and of the widow; and all the people shall say, Amen.
Leeser Tanakh
In The King James Version
In Context
18Cursed be he that causeth the blind to wander out of the way; and all the people shall say, Amen.
Cross References
Exodus 22:21(22:20) And a stranger thou shalt not vex, and shalt not oppress him; for strangers ye were in the land of Egypt.
Exodus 23:8And thou shalt take no bribe; for the bribe blindeth the clear-sighted, and perverteth the words of the righteous.
Deuteronomy 24:17Thou shalt not pervert the cause of the stranger, or of the fatherless; and thou shalt not take in pledge the raiment of a widow;
Proverbs 17:23A wicked man taketh a bribe out of the bosom, to pervert the paths of justice.
Micah 3:9Hear this, I pray you, ye heads of the house of Jacob, and ye princes of the house of Israel, that abhor justice, and make crooked all that is straight.
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 →