Deuteronomy 24:17

Tree of Life Version

You are not to twist justice for an outsider or orphan, and you are not to take as collateral a widow’s clothing.

Cross References

Job 22:6

For you took pledges from your brothers for no reason; you stripped the naked of their clothing.

Job 24:3

They drive away the orphan’s donkey and take the widow’s ox as a pledge.

Exodus 22:20

“You must not exploit or oppress an outsider, for you were outsiders in the land of Egypt.

Exodus 23:2

“Do not follow a crowd to do evil. Nor are you to testify in a case, to follow a crowd and pervert justice.

Exodus 23:6

“You are not to pervert justice to your poor in his dispute.

Exodus 23:9

“Do not oppress an outsider, for you know the heart of an outsider, since you were outsiders in the land of Egypt.

Proverbs 31:5

lest they drink, forget what is decreed, and pervert justice for all the oppressed.

Ecclesiastes 5:8

Though the profit of the land is taken by all, a king is served by the fields.

Isaiah 1:23

Your princes are rebellious and friends with thieves. Everyone loves a bribe and chases after rewards. They do not defend the orphan, nor does a widow’s case come to them.

Isaiah 3:15

What do you mean by crushing My people and grinding the face of the poor?” says Adonai Elohei-Tzva’ot.

Isaiah 33:15

One who walks righteously, and speaks uprightly, who refuses unjust gain by extortion, who shakes his hands free of bribes, who stops his ears from hearing of bloodshed, and shuts his eyes from looking on evil.

Jeremiah 22:3

Thus says Adonai: ‘Execute justice and righteousness. Rescue the one who is robbed out of the hand of the oppressor. Do not mistreat or do violence to the stranger, the fatherless or the widow. Do not shed innocent blood in this place.

Jeremiah 5:28

They grew fat and sleek. They also overlooked evil deeds. They do not uphold a cause— the cause of an orphan to prosper— nor do they defend the right of the poor.

Ezekiel 22:29

“The people of the land have oppressively blackmailed, plundered in robbery, wronged the poor and needy and abused the outsider unjustly.

Ezekiel 22:7

Father and mother have been treated with contempt; the outsider has been oppressed in your midst; the orphan and the widow have been mistreated in you.

Leviticus 19:33

“If an outsider dwells with you in your land, you shall do him no wrong.

Micah 7:3

Both hands are diligent at doing evil. The official and the judge ask for a bribe. The distinguished man utters a desire of his soul. Thus they weave it together.

Zechariah 7:10

Do not oppress the widow or the orphan, the outsider or the poor. Furthermore, do not let any of you devise evil against one another in your heart.’

Malachi 3:5

“Then I will draw near to you in judgment, and I will be a swift witness against sorcerers, adulterers, perjurers those who extort a worker’s wage, or oppress the widow or an orphan, those who mislead a stranger. They do not fear Me,” says Adonai-Tzva’ot.

Luke 3:14

Also soldiers asked him, saying, “And what should we do?” He said to them, “Do not take things from anyone by force, do not falsely accuse anyone, and be content with your wages.”

Deuteronomy 1:17

You must not show partiality in judgment —you must hear the small and the great alike. Fear no man, for the judgment is God’s. The case that is too hard for you, you shall bring to me and I will hear it.’

Deuteronomy 16:19

You are not to twist justice—you must not show partiality or take a bribe, for a bribe blinds the eyes of the wise and distorts the words of the righteous.

Deuteronomy 24:13

You must certainly restore the pledge to him when the sun sets, so that he may sleep in his coat and bless you—and it is to be righteousness for you before Adonai your God.

Deuteronomy 24:18

But you are to remember that you were a slave in Egypt, and Adonai your God redeemed you from there. Therefore I am commanding you to do this thing.

Deuteronomy 24:6

“No one is to take a pair of millstones or the upper one as collateral, for this would be taking a livelihood as collateral.

Deuteronomy 27:19

‘Cursed is the one who twists justice for the outsider, orphan and widow.’ Then all the people are to say, ‘Amen.’

James 2:6

But you have dishonored the poor person. Isn’t it the rich who oppress you and drag you into court?