Deuteronomy 16:19

WEB

¹⁹You shall not pervert justice. You shall not show partiality. You shall not take a bribe, for a bribe blinds the eyes of the wise and perverts the words of the righteous.

KJV

¹⁹Thou 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.

BSB

¹⁹Do not deny justice or show partiality. Do not accept a bribe, for a bribe blinds the eyes of the wise and twists the words of the righteous.

FBV

¹⁹Don't pervert justice or show favoritism. Don't take a bribe, for a bribe blinds the wise and twists the words of the truthful.

Extra References

Leviticus 19:15

¹⁵“‘You shall do no injustice in judgment. You shall not be partial to the poor, nor show favoritism to the great; but you shall judge your neighbor in righteousness.

Proverbs 17:23

²³A wicked man receives a bribe in secret, to pervert the ways of justice.

Exodus 23:2

²“You shall not follow a crowd to do evil. You shall not testify in court to side with a multitude to pervert justice.

Habakkuk 1:4

⁴Therefore the law is paralyzed, and justice never prevails; for the wicked surround the righteous; therefore justice comes out perverted.

Deuteronomy 24:17

¹⁷You shall not deprive the foreigner or the fatherless of justice, nor take a widow’s clothing in pledge;

Deuteronomy 10:17

¹⁷For the LORD your God, he is God of gods and Lord of lords, the great God, the mighty, and the awesome, who doesn’t respect persons or take bribes.

Proverbs 24:23

²³These also are sayings of the wise: To show partiality in judgment is not good.

Deuteronomy 27:19

¹⁹‘Cursed is he who withholds justice from the foreigner, fatherless, and widow.’ All the people shall say, ‘Amen.’

Isaiah 1:17

¹⁷Learn to do well. Seek justice. Relieve the oppressed. Defend the fatherless. Plead for the widow.”

Ecclesiastes 7:7

⁷Surely extortion makes the wise man foolish; and a bribe destroys the understanding.