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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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15 (A)You shall do no injustice in judgment; you shall not be partial to the poor nor defer to the great, but you shall judge your neighbor in righteousness.

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15 “‘Do not pervert justice;(A) do not show partiality(B) to the poor or favoritism to the great,(C) but judge your neighbor fairly.(D)

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17 (A)You shall not show partiality in judgment; you shall hear the small and the great alike. You shall (B)not fear [a]man, for the judgment is God’s. (C)The case that is too hard for you, you shall bring to me, and I will hear it.’

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  1. Deuteronomy 1:17 Lit because of man

17 Do not show partiality(A) in judging; hear both small and great alike. Do not be afraid of anyone,(B) for judgment belongs to God. Bring me any case too hard for you, and I will hear it.”(C)

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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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