Deuteronomy 27:19
Cursed be he that hindreth the right of the stranger, the fatherles, and the widow: And all the people shall say: So be it.
Geneva Bible 1599
In The King James Version
In Context
18Cursed be he that maketh ye blinde go out of the way: And all the people shall say: So be it.
Cross References
Exodus 22:21Moreouer, thou shalt not do iniurie to a stranger, neither oppresse him: for ye were strangers in the land of Egypt.
Exodus 23:8Thou shalt take no gift: for the gift blindeth the wise, and peruerteth the wordes of the righteous.
Deuteronomy 24:17Thou shalt not peruert the right of the stranger, nor of the fatherlesse, nor take a widowes rayment to pledge.
Proverbs 17:23A wicked man taketh a gift out of the bosome to wrest the wayes of iudgement.
Micah 3:9Heare this, I pray you, ye heades of the house of Iaakob, and princes of the house of Israel: they abhorre iudgement, and peruert all equitie.
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 →