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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Deuteronomy 10:18
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18 (A)He executes justice for the fatherless and the widow, and loves the sojourner, giving him food and clothing.
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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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Proverbs 17:23
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Footnotes
- Proverbs 17:23 Hebrew a bribe from the bosom
Micah 3:9
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9 (A)Hear this, you heads of the house of Jacob
and rulers of the house of Israel,
(B)who detest justice
and make crooked all that is straight,
Psalm 82:2-4
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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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Exodus 22:21-24
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21 (A)“You shall not wrong a sojourner or oppress him, for you were sojourners in the land of Egypt. 22 (B)You shall not mistreat any widow or fatherless child. 23 If you do mistreat them, and they (C)cry out to me, I will surely (D)hear their cry, 24 and my wrath will burn, and I will kill you with the sword, and (E)your wives shall become widows and your children fatherless.
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Malachi 3:5
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5 “Then I will draw near to you for judgment. I will be (A)a swift witness against the sorcerers, against the adulterers, against those who swear falsely, against those (B)who oppress the hired worker in his wages, (C)the widow and the fatherless, against those who thrust aside the sojourner, and do not fear me, says the Lord of hosts.
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Proverbs 31:5
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5 lest they drink and forget what has been decreed
and (A)pervert the rights of all the afflicted.
Exodus 23:8-9
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8 (A)And you shall take no bribe, for a bribe blinds the clear-sighted and subverts the cause of those who are in the right.
9 (B)“You shall not oppress a sojourner. You know the heart of a sojourner, for you were sojourners in the land of Egypt.
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