Deuteronomy 16:19

they shall not wrest judgment, nor favor persons, nor receive a gift; for gifts blind the eyes of the wise, and pervert the words of the righteous.

LXX2012 (US English)

In The King James Version

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.

In Context

18You shall make for yourself judges and officers in your cities, which the Lord your God gives you in your tribes, and they shall judge the people with righteous judgment:

20You shall justly pursue justice, that you⌃ may live, and go in and inherit the land which the Lord your God gives you.

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Cross References

Exodus 23:6You shall not wrest the sentence of the poor in his judgment.

Leviticus 19:15You shall not act unjustly in judgment: you shall not accept the person of the poor, nor admire the person of the mighty; with justice shall you judge your neighbor.

Deuteronomy 1:17You shall not have respect to + 1:17 Gr. a face. persons in judgment, you shall judge + 1:17 Gr. according to small and great. small and great equally; you shall not shrink from before the person of a man, for the judgment is God's; and whatever matter shall be too hard for you, you⌃ shall bring it to me, and I will hear it.

Deuteronomy 24:17You shall pay him his wages the same day, the sun shall not go down upon it, because he is poor and he trusts in it; and he shall cry against you to the Lord, and it shall be sin in you.

Deuteronomy 27:25Cursed is he whoever shall have taken a bribe to + 27:25 Gr. to strike the life of innocent blood. kill an innocent man: and all the people shall say, So be it.

1 Samuel 12:3Behold, here am I, answer against me before the Lord and before his anointed: whose calf have I taken? or whose ass have I taken? or whom of you have I oppressed? or from whose hand have I taken a + 12:3 Gr. propitiation. bribe, even to a sandal? bear witness against me, and I will make restitution to you.

Matthew Henry on Deuteronomy 16:19-22

18 Judges and officers shalt thou make thee in all thy gates, which the Lord thy God giveth thee, throughout thy tribes: and they shall judge the people with just judgment. 19 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. 20 That which is altogether just shalt thou follow, that thou mayest live, and inherit the land which the Lord thy God giveth thee. 21 Thou shalt not plant thee a grove of any… Read the whole commentary →

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