Deuteronomy 16:19

Appointing Judges And Officials

¹⁸ Thou shall make judges and officers for thee in all thy gates, which LORD thy God gives thee, according to thy tribes, and they shall judge the people with righteous judgment. ¹⁹ Thou shall not distort justice. Thou shall not respect persons, neither shall thou take a bribe, for a bribe blinds the eyes of the wise, and perverts the words of the righteous. ²⁰ Thou shall follow that which is altogether just, that thou may live, and inherit the land which LORD thy God gives thee.

Bribe Blinds the Eyes

Pervert Justice

Show Partiality

Turn Aside

Wise Man

Wise Men

Be Partial

Show Favoritism

Wrest Judgment

Exodus 23:2

Thou shall not follow a multitude to do evil, neither shall thou speak in a case to turn aside after a multitude to distort [justice],

Leviticus 19:15

Ye shall do no unrighteousness in judgment. Thou shall not respect the person of the poor man, nor honor the person of the mighty man, but thou shall judge thy neighbor in righteousness.

Ecclesiastes 7:7

Surely oppression makes the wise man foolish, and a bribe destroys the understanding.

Exodus 23:6-8

Thou shall not distort the justice [due] to thy poor in his case.

Deuteronomy 10:17

For LORD your God, he is God of gods, and LORD of lords, the great God, the mighty, and the awesome, who regards not persons, nor takes reward.

Deuteronomy 24:17

Thou shall not distort the justice [due] to the sojourner, [or] to the fatherless, nor take the widow's raiment to pledge,

Deuteronomy 27:19

Cursed be he who distorts the justice to the sojourner, fatherless, and widow. And all the people shall say, Amen.

Proverbs 17:23

A wicked man receives a bribe out of the bosom, to pervert the ways of justice.

Proverbs 24:23

These also are from the wise: To have respect of persons in judgment is not good.

Deuteronomy 1:16-17

And I charged your judges at that time, saying, Hear between your brothers, and judge righteously between a man and his brother, and the sojourner who is with him.

1 Samuel 8:3

And his sons did not walk in his ways, but turned aside after dishonest gain, and took bribes, and perverted justice.

1 Samuel 12:3

Here I am. Witness against me before LORD, and before his anointed: Whose ox have I taken? Or whose donkey have I taken? Or whom have I defrauded? Whom have I oppressed? Or of whose hand have I taken a bribe to blind my eyes with i

Job 31:21-22

if I have lifted up my hand against the fatherless, because I saw my help in the gate,

Proverbs 24:28

Be not a witness against thy neighbor without cause, and deceive not with thy lips.

Isaiah 1:17

Learn to do good. Seek justice, relieve the oppressed, judge the fatherless, plead for the widow.

Isaiah 1:23

Thy rulers are rebellious, and companions of thieves. Everyone loves bribes, and follows after rewards. They judge not the fatherless, nor does the cause of the widow come to them.

Isaiah 33:15

He who walks righteously, and speaks uprightly. He who despises the gain of oppressions, who shakes his hands from taking a bribe, who stops his ears from hearing of blood, and shuts his eyes from looking upon evil.

Jeremiah 5:28

They have grown fat. They shine. Yea, they overflow in deeds of wickedness. They do not plead the cause, the cause of the fatherless, that they may prosper. And they do not judge the right of the needy.

Ezekiel 22:12

In thee they have taken bribes to shed blood. Thou have taken interest and increase. And thou have greedily gained from thy neighbors by oppression, and have forgotten me, says lord LORD.

Micah 7:3

Their hands are upon that which is evil to do it diligently. The ruler asks, and the judge [is ready] for a bribe. And the great man, he utters the evil desire of his soul. Thus they weave it together.

Habakkuk 1:4

Therefore the law is slacked, and justice never goes forth. For the wicked man surrounds the righteous man, therefore justice goes forth perverted.

Zephaniah 3:3-5

Her rulers in the midst of her are roaring lions. Her judges are evening wolves. They leave nothing till the morrow.

Acts 10:34

And having opened his mouth, Peter said, In truth, I am overwhelmed that God is not partial,

Acts 16:37

But Paul said to them, Having beaten us publicly, uncondemned men, being Romans, they cast us into prison, and now they thrust us out privately? Certainly not, but after coming, they shall lead us out.

Acts 23:3

Then Paul said to him, God is going to smite thee, a whitewashed wall. Thou even sit judging me according to the law, and violating law, thou command me to be struck?