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19 (A)You shall not distort justice; (B)you shall not [a]be partial, and (C)you shall not take a bribe, for a bribe blinds the eyes of the wise and perverts the words of the righteous.

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  1. Deuteronomy 16:19 Lit regard persons

19 Do not pervert justice(A) or show partiality.(B) Do not accept a bribe,(C) for a bribe blinds the eyes of the wise and twists the words of the innocent.

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17 (A)You shall not pervert the justice [a]due a sojourner or [b]an orphan, nor (B)take a widow’s garment in pledge.

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  1. Deuteronomy 24:17 Lit of
  2. Deuteronomy 24:17 Or the fatherless

17 Do not deprive the foreigner or the fatherless(A) of justice,(B) or take the cloak of the widow as a pledge.

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