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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²³The wicked accepts ^(A)a bribe in secret^[a]
to ^(B)pervert the ways of justice.

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Footnotes

Proverbs 17:23 Hebrew a bribe from the bosom

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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,

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Psalm 82:2-4

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²“How long will you judge unjustly
    and ^(A)show partiality to ^(B)the wicked? Selah
³^(C)Give justice to ^(D)the weak and the fatherless;
    ^(E)maintain the right of the afflicted and the destitute.
⁴^(F)Rescue the weak and the needy;
    ^(G)deliver them from the hand of the wicked.”

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Exodus 23:2

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²You 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. ²³If you do mistreat them, and they ^(C)cry out to me, I will surely ^(D)hear their cry, ²⁴and 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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