Deuteronomy 24:17
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17 (A)“You shall not pervert justice due the stranger or the fatherless, (B)nor take a widow’s garment as a pledge.
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Deuteronomy 16:19
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19 (A)You shall not pervert justice; (B)you shall not [a]show partiality, (C)nor take a bribe, for a bribe blinds the eyes of the wise and [b]twists the words of the righteous.
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- Deuteronomy 16:19 Lit. regard faces
- Deuteronomy 16:19 perverts
Deuteronomy 27:19
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19 (A)‘Cursed is the one who perverts the justice due the stranger, the fatherless, and widow.’
“And all the people shall say, ‘Amen!’
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Exodus 23:6
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6 (A)“You shall not pervert the judgment of your poor in his dispute.
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Exodus 22:21-22
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21 (A)“You shall neither mistreat a [a]stranger nor oppress him, for you were strangers in the land of Egypt.
22 (B)“You shall not afflict any widow or fatherless child.
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- Exodus 22:21 sojourner
Micah 7:3
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3 That they may successfully do evil with both hands—
The prince asks for gifts,
The judge seeks a (A)bribe,
And the great man utters his evil desire;
So they scheme together.
Jeremiah 5:28
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28 They have grown (A)fat, they are sleek;
Yes, they [a]surpass the deeds of the wicked;
They do not plead (B)the cause,
The cause of the fatherless;
(C)Yet they prosper,
And the right of the needy they do not defend.
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- Jeremiah 5:28 Or pass over or overlook
Isaiah 1:23
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23 (A)Your princes are rebellious,
And (B)companions of thieves;
(C)Everyone loves bribes,
And follows after rewards.
They (D)do not defend the fatherless,
Nor does the cause of the widow come before them.
Job 29:11-17
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11 When the ear heard, then it blessed me,
And when the eye saw, then it approved me;
12 Because (A)I delivered the poor who cried out,
The fatherless and the one who had no helper.
13 The blessing of a perishing man came upon me,
And I caused the widow’s heart to sing for joy.
14 (B)I put on righteousness, and it clothed me;
My justice was like a robe and a turban.
15 I was (C)eyes to the blind,
And I was feet to the lame.
16 I was a father to the poor,
And (D)I searched out the case that I did not know.
17 I broke (E)the fangs of the wicked,
And plucked the victim from his teeth.
Deuteronomy 1:17
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17 (A)You shall not show partiality in judgment; you shall hear the small as well as the great; you shall not be afraid in any man’s presence, for (B)the judgment is God’s. The case that is too hard for you, (C)bring to me, and I will hear it.’
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Exodus 23:9
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9 “Also (A)you shall not oppress a [a]stranger, for you know the heart of a stranger, because you were strangers in the land of Egypt.
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- Exodus 23:9 sojourner
Exodus 23:2
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2 (A)You shall not follow a crowd to do evil; (B)nor shall you testify in a dispute so as to turn aside after many to pervert justice.
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James 2:6
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6 But (A)you have dishonored the poor man. Do not the rich oppress you (B)and drag you into the courts?
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Luke 3:14
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14 Likewise the soldiers asked him, saying, “And what shall we do?”
So he said to them, “Do not [a]intimidate anyone (A)or accuse falsely, and be content with your wages.”
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- Luke 3:14 Lit. shake down for money
Malachi 3:5
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5 And I will come near you for judgment;
I will be a swift witness
Against sorcerers,
Against adulterers,
(A)Against perjurers,
Against those who (B)exploit wage earners and (C)widows and orphans,
And against those who turn away an alien—
Because they do not fear Me,”
Says the Lord of hosts.
Zechariah 7:10
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10 (A)Do not oppress the widow or the fatherless,
The alien or the poor.
(B)Let none of you plan evil in his heart
Against his brother.’
Micah 2:1-2
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Woe to Evildoers
2 Woe to those who devise iniquity,
And [a]work out evil on their beds!
At (A)morning light they practice it,
Because it is in the power of their hand.
2 They (B)covet fields and take them by violence,
Also houses, and seize them.
So they oppress a man and his house,
A man and his inheritance.
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- Micah 2:1 Plan
Amos 5:7-12
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7 You who (A)turn justice to wormwood,
And lay righteousness to rest in the earth!”
8 He made the (B)Pleiades and Orion;
He turns the shadow of death into morning
(C)And makes the day dark as night;
He (D)calls for the waters of the sea
And pours them out on the face of the earth;
(E)The Lord is His name.
9 He [a]rains ruin upon the strong,
So that fury comes upon the fortress.
10 (F)They hate the one who rebukes in the gate,
And they (G)abhor the one who speaks uprightly.
11 (H)Therefore, because you [b]tread down the poor
And take grain [c]taxes from him,
Though (I)you have built houses of hewn stone,
Yet you shall not dwell in them;
You have planted [d]pleasant vineyards,
But you shall not drink wine from them.
12 For I (J)know your manifold transgressions
And your mighty sins:
(K)Afflicting the just and taking bribes;
(L)Diverting the poor from justice at the gate.
Ezekiel 22:29
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29 The people of the land have used oppressions, committed robbery, and mistreated the poor and needy; and they wrongfully (A)oppress the stranger.
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Ezekiel 22:7
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7 In you they have (A)made light of father and mother; in your midst they have (B)oppressed the stranger; in you they have mistreated the [a]fatherless and the widow.
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- Ezekiel 22:7 Lit. orphan
Jeremiah 22:3
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3 Thus says the Lord: (A)“Execute[a] judgment and righteousness, and deliver the plundered out of the hand of the oppressor. Do no wrong and do no violence to the stranger, the (B)fatherless, or the widow, nor shed innocent blood in this place.
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- Jeremiah 22:3 Dispense justice
Isaiah 33:15
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15 He who (A)walks righteously and speaks uprightly,
He who despises the gain of oppressions,
Who gestures with his hands, refusing bribes,
Who stops his ears from hearing of bloodshed,
And (B)shuts his eyes from seeing evil:
Isaiah 3:15
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15 What do you mean by (A)crushing My people
And grinding the faces of the poor?”
Says the Lord God of hosts.
Ecclesiastes 5:8
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The Vanity of Gain and Honor
8 If you (A)see the oppression of the poor, and the violent [a]perversion of justice and righteousness in a province, do not marvel at the matter; for (B)high official watches over high official, and higher officials are over them.
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- Ecclesiastes 5:8 wresting
Proverbs 31:5
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- Proverbs 31:5 Lit. sons of affliction
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