Deuteronomy 27:19
Cursed be he that perverts the judgment of the stranger, fatherless, and widow. And all the people shall say, Amen.
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18Cursed be he that makes the blind to wander out of the way. And all the people shall say, Amen.
Cross References
Exodus 22:21You shall neither vex a stranger, nor oppress him: for all of you were strangers in the land of Egypt.
Exodus 23:8And you shall take no gift: for the gift blinds the wise, and perverts the words of the righteous.
Deuteronomy 24:17You shall not pervert the judgment of the stranger, nor of the fatherless; nor take a widow's raiment to pledge:
Proverbs 17:23A wicked man takes a gift out of the bosom to pervert the ways of judgment.
Micah 3:9Hear this, I pray you, all of you heads of the house of Jacob, and princes of the house of Israel, that detest 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 →