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Deuteronomy 27:19

WEB

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

KJV

19Cursed be he that perverteth the judgment of the stranger, fatherless, and widow. And all the people shall say, Amen.

BSB

19‘Cursed is he who withholds justice from the foreigner, the fatherless, or the widow.’ And let all the people say, ‘Amen!’

FBV

19A curse on anyone who doesn't treat foreigners, the orphans, and widows fairly!” Everyone says “Amen!”


Extra References

Deuteronomy 10:18

18He executes justice for the fatherless and widow and loves the foreigner in giving him food and clothing.


Deuteronomy 24:17

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


Exodus 23:2

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


Exodus 22:21-24

21You shall not wrong an alien or oppress him, for you were aliens in the land of Egypt.

22You shall not take advantage of any widow or fatherless child. 23If you take advantage of them at all, and they cry at all to me, I will surely hear their cry; 24and my wrath will grow hot, and I will kill you with the sword; and your wives shall be widows, and your children fatherless.


Psalms 82:2-4

2How long will you judge unjustly, and show partiality to the wicked?” Selah. 3Defend the weak, the poor, and the fatherless. Maintain the rights of the poor and oppressed. 4Rescue the weak and needy. Deliver them out of the hand of the wicked.”


Proverbs 17:23

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


Malachi 3:5

5I will come near to you to judgment. I will be a swift witness against the sorcerers, against the adulterers, against the perjurers, and against those who oppress the hireling in his wages, the widow, and the fatherless, and who deprive the foreigner of justice, and don’t fear me,” says the LORD of Armies.


Exodus 23:8-9

8You shall take no bribe, for a bribe blinds those who have sight and perverts the words of the righteous.

9You shall not oppress an alien, for you know the heart of an alien, since you were aliens in the land of Egypt.


Proverbs 31:5

5lest they drink, and forget the law, and pervert the justice due to anyone who is afflicted.


Micah 3:9

9Please listen to this, you heads of the house of Jacob, and rulers of the house of Israel, who abhor justice, and pervert all equity,