Deuteronomy 16:19

Appointing Judges And Officials

¹⁸ Judges and officers thou shalt make thee in all thy cities, which the LORD thy God giveth thee throughout thy tribes: And let them judge the people righteously. ¹⁹ Wrest not the law, nor know any person, neither take any reward: for gifts blind the wise and pervert the words of the righteous. ²⁰ But in all things follow righteousness, that thou mayest live and enjoy the land which the LORD thy God giveth 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 shalt not follow a multitude to do evil: neither answer in a matter of plea that thou wouldest, to follow many, turn aside from the truth;

Leviticus 19:15

Ye shall do no unrighteousness in judgment. Thou shalt not favour the poor nor honour the mighty, but shalt judge thy neighbour righteously.

Ecclesiastes 7:7

Whoso doeth wrong, maketh a wise man to go out of his wit, and destroyeth a gentle heart.

Exodus 23:6-8

Thou shalt not hinder the right of the poor that are among you in their suit.

Deuteronomy 10:17

For the LORD your God, he is God of Gods and Lord of lords; a great God, a mighty and a terrible which regardeth no man's person nor taketh gifts:

Deuteronomy 24:17

Hinder not the right of the stranger nor of the fatherless, nor take widow's raiment to pledge.

Deuteronomy 27:19

"'Cursed be he that hindereth the right of the stranger, fatherless and widow.' And all the people shall say, 'Amen.'

Proverbs 17:23

The ungodly taketh gifts out of the bosom, to wrest the ways of judgment.

Proverbs 24:23

These are also the sayings of the wise. It is not good to have respect of any person in judgment.

Deuteronomy 1:16-17

And I charged your judges the same time, saying, 'Hear your brethren and judge righteously between every man and his brother and the stranger that is with him.

1 Samuel 8:3

Nevertheless, his sons followed not his steps: but turned aside after lucre and took rewards, and perverted the right.

1 Samuel 12:3

Behold, here I am. Answer me before the LORD and before his anointed, whose ox have I taken? Or whose ass have I taken? Whom have I done wrong to? Or whom have I oppressed? And of whose hand have I received any bribe, to blind mine eyes therewith? And I will restore it you again."

Job 31:21-22

Did I ever lift up my hand to hurt the fatherless; yea, in the gates where I saw myself to be in authority?

Proverbs 24:28

Be no false witness against thy neighbour, and hurt him not with thy lips.

Isaiah 1:17

Study to do righteously, and help the oppressed. Avenge the fatherless and defend the cause of widows. Come, let us show each his grief to other and make an atonement, saith the LORD.

Isaiah 1:23

Thy princes are traitors and companions of thieves. They love gifts altogether, and gape for rewards. As for the fatherless, they help him not to his right, neither will they let the widows causes come before them.

Isaiah 33:15

He that leadeth a godly life - say I - and speaketh the truth; He that abhorreth to do violence and deceit; he that keepeth his hand that he touch no reward; which stoppeth his ears, that he hear no counsel against the innocent; which holdeth down his eyes, that he see none evil.

Jeremiah 5:28

hereof are they fat and wealthy, and are run away from me with shameful blasphemies. They minister not the law, they make no end of the fatherless cause, they judge not the poor according to equity.

Ezekiel 22:12

Yea, gifts have been received in thee to shed blood. Thou hast taken usury and increase, thou hast oppressed thy neighbours by extortion, and forgotten me, sayeth the LORD God.

Micah 7:3

yet they say they do well when they do evil. As the prince will, so sayeth the judge: that he may do him a pleasure again. The great man speaketh what his heart desireth; and the hearers allow him.

Habakkuk 1:4

for the law is torn in pieces, and there can no right judgment go forth. And why? The ungodly is more set by than the righteous: this is the cause that wrong judgment proceedeth.

Zephaniah 3:3-5

Her rulers within her are as roaring lions: her judges are as wolves in the evening, which leave nothing behind them till the morrow.

Acts 10:34

Then Peter opened his mouth, and said, "Of a truth I perceive, that God is not partial:

Acts 16:37

Then said Paul unto them, "They have beaten us, openly un-condemned, for all that we are Romans, and have cast us into prison: and now would they send us away privily? Nay not so, but let them come themselves and fetch us out."

Acts 23:3

Then said Paul to him, "God shall smite thee, thou painted wall. Sittest thou and judgest me after the law: and commandest me to be smitten contrary to the law?"