Deuteronomy 16:19
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19 (A)You shall not pervert justice. (B)You shall not show partiality, (C)and you shall not accept a bribe, for a bribe blinds the eyes of the wise and subverts the cause of the righteous.
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Leviticus 19:15
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15 (A)“You shall do no injustice in court. You shall not be partial to the poor or defer to the great, but in righteousness shall you judge your neighbor.
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Exodus 23:2
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2 You shall not fall in with the many to do evil, nor shall you bear witness in a lawsuit, siding with the many, so as to pervert justice,
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Proverbs 17:23
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- Proverbs 17:23 Hebrew a bribe from the bosom
Habakkuk 1:4
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4 (A)So the law is paralyzed,
and justice never goes forth.
(B)For the wicked surround the righteous;
so justice goes forth perverted.
Deuteronomy 24:17
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17 (A)“You shall not pervert the justice due to the sojourner or to the fatherless, (B)or take a widow's garment in pledge,
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Deuteronomy 10:17
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17 For the Lord your God is (A)God of gods and (B)Lord of lords, (C)the great, the mighty, and the awesome God, who is (D)not partial and takes no bribe.
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Ecclesiastes 7:7
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Proverbs 24:23
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More Sayings of the Wise
23 These also are sayings of (A)the wise.
(B)Partiality in judging is not good.
Deuteronomy 27:19
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19 (A)“‘Cursed be anyone who perverts the justice due to the sojourner, the fatherless, and the widow.’ And all the people shall say, ‘Amen.’
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Acts 23:3
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3 Then Paul said to him, “God is going to strike you, you (A)whitewashed (B)wall! Are you sitting to judge me according to the law, and yet (C)contrary to the law you (D)order me to be struck?”
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Acts 16:37
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37 But Paul said to them, “They have beaten us publicly, (A)uncondemned, men who are Roman citizens, and have thrown us into prison; and do they now throw us out secretly? No! Let them come themselves and take us out.”
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Acts 10:34
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Gentiles Hear the Good News
34 So Peter opened his mouth and said: “Truly I understand that (A)God (B)shows no partiality,
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Micah 7:3
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3 (A)Their hands are on what is evil, to do it well;
(B)the prince and (C)the judge ask for a bribe,
and the great man utters the evil desire of his soul;
thus they weave it together.
Isaiah 1:17
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17 learn to do good;
(A)seek justice,
correct oppression;
(B)bring justice to the fatherless,
plead the widow's cause.
Exodus 23:6-8
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6 (A)“You shall not pervert the justice due to your poor in his lawsuit. 7 (B)Keep far from a false charge, and (C)do not kill the innocent and righteous, for (D)I will not acquit the wicked. 8 (E)And you shall take no bribe, for a bribe blinds the clear-sighted and subverts the cause of those who are in the right.
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Ezekiel 22:12
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12 In you (A)they take bribes to shed blood; (B)you take interest and profit[a] and make gain of your neighbors by extortion; but (C)me you have forgotten, declares the Lord God.
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- Ezekiel 22:12 That is, profit that comes from charging interest to the poor (compare Leviticus 25:36)
Jeremiah 5:28
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28 (A)they have grown fat and sleek.
They know no bounds in deeds of evil;
(B)they judge not with justice
the cause of the fatherless, to make it prosper,
and they do not defend the rights of the needy.
Isaiah 33:15
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15 (A)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
(B)and shuts his eyes from looking on evil,
Isaiah 1:23
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23 Your princes are rebels
and companions of thieves.
Everyone (A)loves a bribe
and runs after gifts.
(B)They do not bring justice to the fatherless,
and the widow's cause does not come to them.
Proverbs 24:28
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28 (A)Be not a witness against your neighbor without cause,
and do not deceive with your lips.
Job 31:21-22
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21 if I have raised my hand against (A)the fatherless,
because I saw my help in (B)the gate,
22 then let my shoulder blade fall from my shoulder,
and let my arm be broken from its socket.
1 Samuel 12:3
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3 Here I am; testify against me before the Lord and before (A)his anointed. (B)Whose ox have I taken? Or whose donkey 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 against me[a] and I will restore it to you.”
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- 1 Samuel 12:3 Septuagint; Hebrew lacks Testify against me
1 Samuel 8:3
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3 Yet his sons did not walk in his ways (A)but turned aside after gain. (B)They took bribes and perverted justice.
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Deuteronomy 1:16-17
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16 And I charged your judges at that time, ‘Hear the cases between your brothers, and (A)judge righteously between a man and his brother or the alien who is with him. 17 (B)You shall not be partial in judgment. You shall hear the small and the great alike. You shall not be intimidated by anyone, for (C)the judgment is God's. And the case that is too hard for you, you shall (D)bring to me, and I will hear it.’
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