Deuteronomy 27:19
'Cursed [is] he who is turning aside the judgment of fatherless, sojourner, and widow, — and all the people have said, Amen.
Young's Literal Translation
In The King James Version
In Context
18'Cursed [is] he who is causing the blind to err in the way, — and all the people have said, Amen.
Cross References
Exodus 22:21'And a sojourner thou dost not oppress, nor crush him, for sojourners ye have been in the land of Egypt.
Exodus 23:8'And a bribe thou dost not take; for the bribe bindeth the open -[eyed], and perverteth the words of the righteous.
Deuteronomy 24:17'Thou dost not turn aside the judgment of a fatherless sojourner, nor take in pledge the garment of a widow;
Proverbs 17:23A bribe from the bosom the wicked taketh, To turn aside the paths of judgment.
Micah 3:9Hear this, I pray you, heads of the house of Jacob, And ye judges of the house of Israel, Who are making judgment abominable, And all uprightness do pervert.
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 →