Deuteronomy 27:19
Cursed be he that wresteth the judgment of the stranger, fatherless, and widow. And all the people shall say, Amen.
Revised Version 1895
In The King James Version
In Context
18Cursed be he that maketh the blind to wander out of the way. And all the people shall say, Amen.
Cross References
Exodus 22:21And 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 wrest the judgment of the stranger, nor of 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 judgment.
Micah 3:9Hear this, I pray you, ye heads of the house of Jacob, and rulers of the house of Israel, that abhor judgment, 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 →