Deuteronomy 27:19

Modern English Version

“Cursed is he who perverts justice for the foreigner, orphan, and widow.” And all the people shall say, “Amen.”

Cross References

Deuteronomy 10:18

He executes the judgment of the orphan and the widow and loves the foreigner, giving him food and clothing.

Deuteronomy 24:17

You must not pervert the justice of the foreigner or of the fatherless, nor take a widow’s cloak as a pledge.

Malachi 3:5

Then I will draw near to you for judgment. I will be a swift witness against the sorcerers, against the adulterers, against the perjurers, against those who oppress the hired worker in his wages, the widow and the fatherless, against those who turn aside the stranger, and do not fear Me, says the Lord of Hosts.

Proverbs 17:23

A wicked man accepts a concealed bribe to pervert the ways of justice.

Micah 3:9

Please hear this, heads of the house of Jacob and rulers of the house of Israel, who detest justice and warp all that is straight,

Proverbs 31:5

lest they drink and forget the law, and pervert the justice of all the afflicted.

Exodus 23:2

You must not follow the masses to do evil, and do not testify in a dispute that agrees with the crowd to pervert justice.

Leviticus 19:33

When a foreigner sojourns with you in your land, you shall not do him wrong.