Deuteronomy 16:19

Modern King James Version

You shall not pervert judgment; you shall not respect persons, nor take a gift. For a bribe blinds the eyes of the wise and perverts the words of the righteous.

Cross References

Psalm 15:5

he has not put out his money at interest, nor has he taken a bribe against the innocent. He who does these things shall not be moved forever.

Exodus 18:21

And you shall look out of all the people able men, such as fear God, men of truth, hating unjust gain. And place such over them to be rulers of thousands, and rulers of hundreds, rulers of fifties, and rulers of tens.

Exodus 23:2

You shall not follow a multitude to do evil. Neither shall you speak in a cause in order to follow many in order to wrest judgment.

Exodus 23:3

And you should not favor a poor man in his cause.

Proverbs 15:27

He who is greedy for gain troubles his own house, but he who hates bribes shall live.

Proverbs 17:23

A wicked man takes a bribe out of the bosom to pervert the ways of judgment.

Proverbs 18:5

It is not good to favor the person of the wicked, nor to overthrow the righteous in judgment.

Proverbs 24:23

These also are for the wise: To have respect of persons in judgment is not good.

Proverbs 24:28

Do not be a witness against your neighbor without cause, nor deceive with your lips.

Proverbs 31:5

lest they drink, and forget the law, and pervert the judgment of any of the afflicted.

Ecclesiastes 7:7

Surely oppression makes a wise man mad; and a bribe destroys the heart.

Isaiah 1:17

learn to do good; seek judgment, reprove the oppressor. Judge the orphan, plead for the widow.

Isaiah 1:23

your rulers are rebellious, and companions of thieves; everyone loves a bribe, and is pursuing rewards; they do not judge the orphan, nor does the cause of the widow come to them.

Isaiah 33:15

He who walks righteously and speaks uprightly; he who despises the gain of oppressions, who shakes his hands free from holding bribes, who stops his ear from hearing of blood, and shuts his eyes from seeing evil;

Jeremiah 5:28

They have become fat, they shine. Yes, they go past the deeds of the wicked; they do not judge the cause, the cause of the fatherless, that they may get rich; and they do not judge the right of the needy.

Ezekiel 18:8

he has not given out on usury, nor has taken any increase, he has withdrawn his hand from iniquity, has done judgment between man and man,

Ezekiel 22:12

In you they have taken bribes to shed blood. You have taken usury and increase, and you gained by extortion of your neighbors, and you have forgotten Me, says the Lord Jehovah.

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; but you shall judge your neighbor in righteousness.

Micah 7:3

Both hands are on evil, to do it well. The ruler asks for a bribe, and the judge also; and the great man speaks the evil desire of his soul. So they weave it together.

Habakkuk 1:4

Therefore the law has become helpless, and justice does not always go forth. For the wicked entraps the righteous; therefore justice goes forth, being perverted.

Acts 10:34

Then Peter opened his mouth and said, Truly I see that God is no respecter of persons;

Acts 16:37

But Paul said to them, Having beaten us publicly, men who are Romans and uncondemned, they threw us into prison. And now do they put us out secretly? No indeed! But coming themselves, let them bring us out.

Acts 23:3

Then Paul said to him, God shall strike you, whitened wall! For do you sit judging me according to the Law, and against law command me to be stricken?

Deuteronomy 10:17

For Jehovah your God is God of gods, and Lord of lords, a great God, the mighty, and a terrible God, who does not respect persons nor take a bribe.

Deuteronomy 16:18

You shall appoint judges and officers for yourself in all your gates which Jehovah your God gives you, tribe by tribe. And they shall judge the people with righteous judgment.

Deuteronomy 24:17

You shall not pervert the rightful judgment of the stranger nor of the fatherless; nor take a widow's clothing to pledge.

Deuteronomy 27:19

Cursed is he who perverts the judgment of the stranger, fatherless, and widow. And all the people shall say, Amen.

Deuteronomy 27:25

Cursed is he who takes reward to kill an innocent person. And all the people shall say, Amen.

1 Samuel 12:3

Behold, here I am. Witness against me before Jehovah and before His anointed. Whose ox have I taken? Or whose ass have I taken? Or whom have I defrauded? Whom have I oppressed? Or from whose hand have I received a bribe, to blind my eyes with it? And I will restore it to you.

1 Samuel 8:1

And it happened when Samuel was old, he made his sons judges over Israel.

1 Samuel 8:3

And his sons did not walk in his ways, but turned aside after ill gain and took bribes and perverted judgment.