(A)You shall not pervert the justice due to your needy brother in his dispute.

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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]show partiality; and (C)you shall not accept a bribe, because a bribe blinds the eyes of the wise and distorts the words of the righteous.

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Footnotes

  1. Deuteronomy 16:19 Lit recognize faces

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 One who (A)justifies the wicked and one who condemns the righteous,
Both of them alike are an abomination to the Lord.

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

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