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 justice: thou shalt not respect persons; neither shalt thou take a bribe; for a bribe doth blind the eyes of the wise, and pervert the words of the righteous.

Cursed be he that wresteth the justice due to the sojourner, fatherless, and widow. And all the people shall say, Amen.

And a sojourner shalt thou not wrong, neither shalt thou oppress him: for ye were sojourners in the land of Egypt.

Thou shalt not follow a multitude to do evil; neither shalt thou speak in a cause to turn aside after a multitude to wrest justice :

Here I am: witness 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 oppressed? or of whose hand have I taken a ransom to blind mine eyes therewith? and I will restore it you.

But as for the mighty man, he had the earth; And the honorable man, he dwelt in it.

For when the ear heard me , then it blessed me; And when the eye saw me , it gave witness unto me:

God standeth in the congregation of God; He judgeth among the gods.

Jehovah, how long shall the wicked, 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 justice due to any that is afflicted.

If thou seest the oppression of the poor, and the violent taking away of justice and righteousness in a province, marvel not at the matter: for one higher than the high regardeth; and there are higher than they.

Thy princes are rebellious, and companions of thieves; every one loveth bribes, and followeth after rewards: they judge not the fatherless, neither doth the cause of the widow come unto them.

what mean ye that ye crush my people, and grind the face of the poor? 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 a bribe, that stoppeth his ears from hearing of blood, and shutteth his eyes from looking upon evil:

They are waxed fat, they shine: yea, they overpass in deeds of wickedness; they plead not the cause, the cause of the fatherless, that they may prosper; and the right of the needy do they not judge.

Thus saith Jehovah: Execute ye justice and righteousness, and deliver him that is robbed out of the hand of the oppressor: and do no wrong, do no violence, to the sojourner, the fatherless, nor the widow; neither shed innocent blood in this place.

In thee have they set light by father and mother; in the midst of thee have they dealt by oppression with the sojourner; in thee have they wronged the fatherless and the widow.

Ye who turn justice 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.

Their hands are upon that which is evil to do it diligently; the prince asketh, and the judge is ready for a reward; and the great man, he uttereth the evil desire of his soul: thus they weave it together.

and oppress not the widow, nor the fatherless, the sojourner, nor the poor; and let none of you devise 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 hireling in his wages, the widow, and the fatherless, and that turn aside the sojourner from his right , and fear not me, saith Jehovah of hosts.

And soldiers also asked him, saying, And we, what must we do? And he said unto them, Extort from no man by violence, neither accuse any one wrongfully; and be content with your wages.

But ye have dishonored the poor man. Do not the rich oppress you, and themselves drag you before the judgment-seats?

Nor take

If thou at all take thy neighbor's garment to pledge, thou shalt restore it unto him before the sun goeth down:

General references

Ye shall not afflict any widow, or fatherless child.

And if he be a poor man, thou shalt not sleep with his pledge;

Cursed be he that wresteth the justice due to the sojourner, fatherless, and widow. And all the people shall say, Amen.