Deuteronomy 16:19

Revised Standard Version (RSV-CI)

You shall not pervert justice; you shall not show partiality; and you shall not take a bribe, for a bribe blinds the eyes of the wise and subverts the cause of the righteous.

Cross References

Psalm 15:5

who does not put out his money at interest, and does not take a bribe against the innocent. He who does these things shall never be moved.

Exodus 18:21

Moreover choose able men from all the people, such as fear God, men who are trustworthy and who hate a bribe; and place such men over the people as rulers of thousands, of hundreds, of fifties, and of tens.

Exodus 23:2

You shall not follow a multitude to do evil; nor shall you bear witness in a suit, turning aside after a multitude, so as to pervert justice;

Exodus 23:3

nor shall you be partial to a poor man in his suit.

Proverbs 15:27

He who is greedy for unjust gain makes trouble for his household, but he who hates bribes will live.

Proverbs 17:23

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

Proverbs 18:5

It is not good to be partial to a wicked man, or to deprive a righteous man of justice.

Proverbs 24:23

These also are sayings of the wise. Partiality in judging is not good.

Proverbs 24:28

Be not a witness against your neighbor without cause, and do not deceive with your lips.

Proverbs 31:5

lest they drink and forget what has been decreed, and pervert the rights of all the afflicted.

Ecclesiastes 7:7

Surely oppression makes the wise man foolish, and a bribe corrupts the mind.

Isaiah 1:17

learn to do good; seek justice, correct oppression; defend the fatherless, plead for the widow.

Isaiah 1:23

Your princes are rebels and companions of thieves. Every one loves a bribe and runs after gifts. They do not defend the fatherless, and the widow's cause does not come to them.

Isaiah 33:15

He who walks righteously and speaks uprightly, who despises the gain of oppressions, who shakes his hands, lest they hold a bribe, who stops his ears from hearing of bloodshed and shuts his eyes from looking upon evil,

Jeremiah 5:28

they have grown fat and sleek. They know no bounds in deeds of wickedness; they judge not with justice the cause of the fatherless, to make it prosper, and they do not defend the rights of the needy.

Ezekiel 18:8

does not lend at interest or take any increase, withholds his hand from iniquity, executes true justice between man and man,

Ezekiel 22:12

In you men take bribes to shed blood; you take interest and increase and make gain of your neighbors by extortion; and you have forgotten me, says the Lord God.

Leviticus 19:15

“You shall do no injustice in judgment; you shall not be partial to the poor or defer to the great, but in righteousness shall you judge your neighbor.

Micah 7:3

Their hands are upon what is evil, to do it diligently; the prince and the judge ask for a bribe, and the great man utters the evil desire of his soul; thus they weave it together.

Habakkuk 1:4

So the law is slacked and justice never goes forth. For the wicked surround the righteous, so justice goes forth perverted.

Acts 10:34

And Peter opened his mouth and said: “Truly I perceive that God shows no partiality,

Acts 16:37

But Paul said to them, “They have beaten us publicly, uncondemned, men who are Roman citizens, and have thrown us into prison; and do they now cast us out secretly? No! let them come themselves and take us out.”

Acts 23:3

Then Paul said to him, “God shall strike you, you whitewashed wall! Are you sitting to judge me according to the law, and yet contrary to the law you order me to be struck?”

Deuteronomy 10:17

For the Lord your God is God of gods and Lord of lords, the great, the mighty, and the terrible God, who is not partial and takes no bribe.

Deuteronomy 16:18

“You shall appoint judges and officers in all your towns which the Lord your God gives you, according to your tribes; and they shall judge the people with righteous judgment.

Deuteronomy 24:17

“You shall not pervert the justice due to the sojourner or to the fatherless, or take a widow's garment in pledge;

Deuteronomy 27:19

“ ‘Cursed be he who perverts the justice due to the sojourner, the fatherless, and the widow.’ And all the people shall say, ‘Amen.’

Deuteronomy 27:25

“ ‘Cursed be he who takes a bribe to slay an innocent person.’ And all the people shall say, ‘Amen.’

1 Samuel 12:3

Here I am; testify against me before the Lord 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 taken a bribe to blind my eyes with it? Testify gainst me and I will restore it to you.”

1 Samuel 8:1

When Samuel became old, he made his sons judges over Israel.

1 Samuel 8:3

Yet his sons did not walk in his ways, but turned aside after gain; they took bribes and perverted justice.