You shall not wrest judgment; you shall not respect persons, neither take a gift: for a gift does blind the eyes of the wise, and pervert the words of the righteous. Treasury of Scripture wrest Deuteronomy 24:17 You shall not pervert the judgment of the stranger, nor of the fatherless; nor take a widow's raiment to pledge: Deuteronomy 27:19 Cursed be he that perverts the judgment of the stranger, fatherless, and widow. And all the people shall say, Amen. Exodus 23:2,6-8 You shall not follow a multitude to do evil; neither shall you speak in a cause to decline after many to wrest judgment... Leviticus 19:15 You shall do no unrighteousness in judgment: you shall not respect the person of the poor, nor honor the person of the mighty... 1 Samuel 8:3 And his sons walked not in his ways, but turned aside after lucre, and took bribes, and perverted judgment. 1 Samuel 12:3 Behold, here I am: witness against me before the LORD, and before his anointed: whose ox have I taken? or whose donkey have I taken?... Job 31:21,22 If I have lifted up my hand against the fatherless, when I saw my help in the gate... Proverbs 17:23 A wicked man takes a gift out of the bosom to pervert the ways of judgment. Ecclesiastes 7:7 Surely oppression makes a wise man mad; and a gift destroys the heart. Isaiah 1:17,23 Learn to do well; seek judgment, relieve the oppressed, judge the fatherless, plead for the widow... Isaiah 33:15 He that walks righteously, and speaks uprightly; he that despises the gain of oppressions, that shakes his hands from holding of bribes... Jeremiah 5:28 They are waxen fat, they shine: yes, they overpass the deeds of the wicked: they judge not the cause, the cause of the fatherless... Ezekiel 22:12 In you have they taken gifts to shed blood; you have taken usury and increase... Micah 7:3 That they may do evil with both hands earnestly, the prince asks, and the judge asks for a reward; and the great man... Habakkuk 1:4 Therefore the law is slacked, and judgment does never go forth: for the wicked does compass about the righteous... Zephaniah 3:3-5 Her princes within her are roaring lions; her judges are evening wolves; they gnaw not the bones till the morrow... Acts 16:37 But Paul said to them, They have beaten us openly uncondemned, being Romans, and have cast us into prison... Acts 23:3 Then said Paul to him, God shall smite you, you white washed wall: for sit you to judge me after the law... respect Deuteronomy 1:16,17 And I charged your judges at that time, saying, Hear the causes between your brothers... Deuteronomy 10:17 For the LORD your God is God of gods, and Lord of lords, a great God, a mighty, and a terrible, which regards not persons... Exodus 23:7,8 Keep you far from a false matter; and the innocent and righteous slay you not: for I will not justify the wicked... Proverbs 24:23,28 These things also belong to the wise. It is not good to have respect of persons in judgment... Acts 10:34 Then Peter opened his mouth, and said, Of a truth I perceive that God is no respecter of persons: words. or, matters
Context Judges and Justice
18Judges and officers shall you make you in all your gates, which the LORD your God gives you, throughout your tribes: and they shall judge the people with just judgment. 19You shall not wrest judgment; you shall not respect persons, neither take a gift: for a gift does blind the eyes of the wise, and pervert the words of the righteous. 20That which is altogether just shall you follow, that you may live, and inherit the land which the LORD your God gives you. Parallel Verses American Standard Version
Thou shalt not wrest justice: thou shalt not respect persons; neither shalt thou take a bribe; for a bribe doth blind the eyes of the wise, and pervert the words of the righteous.
Douay-Rheims Bible
And not go aside to either part. Thou shalt not accept person nor gifts: for gifts blind the eyes of the wise, and change the words of the just.
Darby Bible Translation
Thou shalt not wrest judgment; thou shalt not respect persons, neither take a bribe; for the bribe blindeth the eyes of the wise, and perverteth the words of the righteous.
King James Bible
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.
Young's Literal Translation
Thou dost not turn aside judgment; thou dost not discern faces, nor take a bribe, for the bribe blindeth the eyes of the wise, and perverteth the words of the righteous.
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