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(A)You shall not cause the justice due to your needy brother to be turned aside in his case.

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“Do not deny justice(A) to your poor people in their lawsuits.

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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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Footnotes

  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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15 He who (A)justifies the wicked and he who condemns the righteous,
Both of them alike are an abomination to Yahweh.

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15 Acquitting the guilty and condemning the innocent(A)
    the Lord detests them both.(B)

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