Deuteronomy 27:19; Exodus 23:2; Exodus 23:6; Isaiah 10:2; Amos 5:12; Leviticus 19:15; Deuteronomy 24:17

19 hCursed be anyone who perverts the justice due to the sojourner, the fatherless, and the widow. And all the people shall say, Amen.


You 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,


hYou shall not pervert the justice due to your poor in his lawsuit.


to turn aside the needy from justice

and ato rob the poor of my people of their right,

that widows may be their spoil,

and that they may make the fatherless their prey!


12  For I know how many are your transgressions

and how great are your sins

you who afflict the righteous, who btake a bribe,

and cturn aside the needy xin the gate.


15 mYou shall do no injustice in court. You shall not be partial to the poor or defer to the great, but in righteousness shall you judge your neighbor.


17 vYou shall not pervert the justice due to the sojourner or to the fatherless, wor take a widow’s garment in pledge,