Deuteronomy 16:19
"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."
Read Deuteronomy 16 in context →Linked passages (10 shown)
Up to ten source links are retained per verse. Their order follows source votes, not a judgment about meaning. How the links were collected
- Leviticus 19:15
"Ye shall do no unrighteousness in judgment: thou shalt not respect the person of the poor, nor honour the person of the mighty: but in righteousness shalt thou judge thy neighbour."
Read in chapter → - Exodus 23:2
"Thou shalt not follow a multitude to do evil; neither shalt thou speak in a cause to decline after many to wrest judgment:"
Read in chapter → - Proverbs 17:23
"A wicked man taketh a gift out of the bosom to pervert the ways of judgment."
Read in chapter → - Habakkuk 1:4
"Therefore the law is slacked, and judgment doth never go forth: for the wicked doth compass about the righteous; therefore wrong judgment proceedeth."
Read in chapter → - Deuteronomy 24:17
"Thou shalt not pervert the judgment of the stranger, nor of the fatherless; nor take a widow's raiment to pledge:"
Read in chapter → - 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 regardeth not persons, nor taketh reward:"
Read in chapter → - Deuteronomy 27:19
"Cursed be he that perverteth the judgment of the stranger, fatherless, and widow. And all the people shall say, Amen."
Read in chapter → - Ecclesiastes 7:7
"Surely oppression maketh a wise man mad; and a gift destroyeth the heart."
Read in chapter → - Proverbs 24:23
"These things also belong to the wise. It is not good to have respect of persons in judgment."
Read in chapter → - Isaiah 1:17
"Learn to do well; seek judgment, relieve the oppressed, judge the fatherless, plead for the widow."
Read in chapter →
Keep your study moving
What would you like to do next?
Read the chapter, compare a link, and keep a short note about what you observe. Your saved and recent passages stay only in this browser.