Deuteronomy 24:17

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Summary

Deuteronomy 24:17

Thou shalt not pervert the judgment of the stranger, nor of the fatherless; nor take a widow's raiment to pledge:

Pervert

Nor take

Exodus 22:26

General references

Exodus 22:22

Deuteronomy 24:12

Deuteronomy 27:19

Bible References

Pervert

Thou shalt not wrest judgment; thou shalt not respect persons, neither take a bribe; for the bribe blindeth the eyes of the wise, and perverteth the words of the righteous.

Cursed be he that perverteth the judgment of the stranger, fatherless, and widow! And all the people shall say, Amen.

Thou shalt neither vex a stranger, nor oppress him; for ye have been strangers in the land of Egypt.

Thou shalt not follow the multitude for evil; neither shalt thou answer in a cause, to go after the multitude to pervert judgment.

Here I am: testify against me before Jehovah, and before his anointed. Whose ox have I taken? or whose ass have I taken? or whom have I defrauded? whom have I injured? or of whose hand have I received any ransom and blinded mine eyes therewith? and I will restore it to you.

But the powerful man, he had the land; and the man of high rank dwelt in it.

When the ear heard me, then it blessed me, and when the eye saw me, it gave witness to me;

{A Psalm of Asaph.} God standeth in the assembly of God, he judgeth among the gods.

How long shall the wicked, O Jehovah, how long shall the wicked triumph?

Rob not the poor, because he is poor, neither oppress the afflicted in the gate;

lest they drink And forget the law, And pervert the judgment of any of the children of affliction.

If thou seest the oppression of the poor, and violent perverting of judgment and justice in a province, marvel not at the matter; for a higher than the high is watching, and there are higher than they.

thy princes are rebellious, and companions of thieves; every one loveth presents, and hunteth after rewards; they judge not the fatherless, and the cause of the widow cometh not unto them.

What mean ye that ye crush my people, and grind the faces of the afflicted? saith the Lord, Jehovah of hosts.

He that walketh righteously, and speaketh uprightly; he that despiseth the gain of oppressions, that shaketh his hands from taking hold of bribes, that stoppeth his ears from hearing of blood, and shutteth his eyes from seeing evil:

They are become fat, they shine, yea, they surpass in deeds of wickedness; they judge not the cause, the cause of the fatherless, and they prosper; and the right of the needy do they not adjudge.

Thus saith Jehovah: Execute judgment and righteousness, and deliver the spoiled out of the hand of the oppressor; and do no wrong, do no violence to the stranger, the fatherless, or the widow, and shed not innocent blood in this place.

In thee have they made light of father and mother; in the midst of thee have they dealt by oppression with the stranger; in thee have they vexed the fatherless and the widow.

Ye who turn judgment to wormwood, and cast down righteousness to the earth,

Woe to them that devise iniquity and work evil upon their beds! When the morning is light they practise it, because it is in the power of their hand.

Both hands are for evil, to do it well. The prince asketh, and the judge is there for a reward; and the great man uttereth his soul's greed: and together they combine it.

and oppress not the widow and the fatherless, the stranger and the afflicted; and let none of you imagine evil against his brother in your heart.

And I will come near to you to judgment; and I will be a swift witness against the sorcerers, and against the adulterers, and against the false swearers, and against those that oppress the hired servant in his wages, the widow and the fatherless, and that turn aside the stranger from his right, and fear not me, saith Jehovah of hosts.

And persons engaged in military service also asked him saying, And we, what should we do? And he said to them, Oppress no one, nor accuse falsely, and be satisfied with your pay.

But ye have despised the poor man. Do not the rich oppress you, and do not they drag you before the tribunals?

Nor take

If thou at all take thy neighbour's garment in pledge, thou shalt return it to him before the sun goes down;

General references

Ye shall not afflict any widow or fatherless child.

And if the man be needy, thou shalt not lie down with his pledge;

Cursed be he that perverteth the judgment of the stranger, fatherless, and widow! And all the people shall say, Amen.