Deuteronomy 16:19

Appointing Judges And Officials

¹⁸ You shall make judges and officers in all your gates, which the LORD your God gives you, according to your tribes; and they shall judge the people with righteous judgment. ¹⁹ You shall not wrest justice: you shall not respect persons; neither shall you take a bribe; for a bribe does blind the eyes of the wise, and pervert the words of the righteous. ²⁰ You shall follow that which is altogether just, that you may live, and inherit the land which the LORD your God gives you.

Bribe Blinds the Eyes

Pervert Justice

Show Partiality

Turn Aside

Wise Man

Wise Men

Be Partial

Show Favoritism

Wrest Judgment

Exodus 23:2

You shall not follow a crowd to do evil; neither shall you testify in court to side with a multitude to pervert justice;

Leviticus 19:15

"'You shall do no injustice in judgment: you shall not be partial to the poor, nor show favoritism to the great; but you shall judge your neighbor in righteousness.

Ecclesiastes 7:7

Surely extortion makes the wise man foolish; and a bribe destroys the understanding.

Exodus 23:6-8

"You shall not deny justice to your poor people in their lawsuits.

Deuteronomy 10:17

For the LORD your God, he is God of gods, and Lord of lords, the great God, the mighty, and the awesome, who doesn't respect persons, nor takes reward.

Deuteronomy 24:17

You shall not deprive the foreigner, or the fatherless of justice, nor take a widow's clothing in pledge;

Deuteronomy 27:19

'Cursed is he who wrests the justice due the foreigner, fatherless, and widow.' All the people shall say, 'Amen.'

Proverbs 17:23

A wicked man receives a bribe in secret, to pervert the ways of justice.

Proverbs 24:23

These also are sayings of the wise. To show partiality in judgment is not good.

Deuteronomy 1:16-17

I commanded your judges at that time, saying, "Hear cases between your brothers, and judge righteously between a man and his brother, and the foreigner who is living with him.

1 Samuel 8:3

His sons did not walk in his ways, but turned aside after lucre, and took bribes, and perverted justice.

1 Samuel 12:3

Here I am. Witness against me before the LORD, and before his anointed. Whose ox have I taken? Whose donkey have I taken? Whom have I defrauded? Whom have I oppressed? Of whose hand have I taken a ransom to blind my eyes therewith? I will restore it to you."

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

Do not be a witness against your neighbor without cause. Do not deceive with your lips.

Isaiah 1:17

Learn to do well. Seek justice. Relieve the oppressed. Judge the fatherless. Plead for the widow."

Isaiah 1:23

Your rulers are rebellious, and companions of thieves. Everyone loves bribes, and follows after rewards. They do not judge the fatherless, neither does the cause of the widow come to them.

Isaiah 33:15

He who walks righteously, and speaks blamelessly; He who despises the gain of oppressions, who gestures with his hands, refusing to take a bribe, who stops his ears from hearing of blood, and shuts his eyes from looking at evil?

Jeremiah 5:28

They have grown fat. They shine; yes, they excel 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 you have they taken bribes to shed blood; you have taken interest and increase, and you have greedily gained of your neighbors by oppression, and have forgotten me,' says the Lord GOD.

Micah 7:3

Their hands are on that which is evil to do it diligently. The ruler and judge ask for a bribe; and the powerful man dictates the evil desire of his soul. Thus they conspire together.

Habakkuk 1:4

Therefore the law is paralyzed, and justice never goes forth; for the wicked surround the righteous; therefore justice goes forth perverted.

Zephaniah 3:3-5

Her princes in the midst of her are roaring lions. Her judges are evening wolves. They leave nothing until the next day.

Acts 10:34

And Peter opened his mouth and said, "Truly I perceive that God does not show favoritism;

Acts 16:37

But Paul said to them, "They have beaten us publicly, without a trial, men who are Romans, and have cast us into prison. Do they now release us secretly? No indeed. Let them come themselves and bring us out."

Acts 23:3

Then Paul said to him, "God will strike you, you whitewashed wall. Do you sit to judge me according to the Law, and command me to be struck contrary to the law?"