Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
Summary
Thou shalt not pervert the judgment of the stranger, nor of the fatherless; nor take a widow's raiment to pledge:
Pervert
Nor take
General references
Bible References
Pervert
Deuteronomy 16:19
You must not twist justice, show favoritism, or take bribes, because a bribe blinds the eyes of the wise and subverts the speech of the righteous.
Deuteronomy 27:19
""Cursed is the one who perverts justice due the foreigner, the orphan, or the widow.' "Then all the people are to respond by saying, "Amen!'
Exodus 22:21
"You are not to wrong or oppress an alien, because you were aliens in the land of Egypt.
Exodus 23:2
You are not to follow the majority in doing wrong, and you are not to testify in a lawsuit so as to follow the majority and pervert justice.
1 Samuel 12:3
Here I am. Testify against me in the LORD's presence and before his anointed. Whose ox have I taken, or whose donkey have I taken? Who have I cheated? Who have I oppressed? Who bribed me to look the other way? I'll restore it to you."
Job 22:8
The land belongs to the powerful, and the privileged thrive in it.
Job 29:11
"When people heard me speak, they blessed me; when people saw me, they approved me,
Psalm 82:1
God takes his stand in the divine assembly; among the divine beings he renders judgment:
Psalm 94:3
How long will the wicked, LORD, how long will the wicked continue to triumph?
Proverbs 22:22
Don't rob the poor person because he is poor, and don't crush the helpless in court,
Proverbs 31:5
Otherwise, they may drink and forget what has been ordained, perverting justice for all the oppressed.
Ecclesiastes 5:8
Don't be surprised when you see the poor oppressed and the violent perverting both justice and verdicts in a province, for one high official watches another, and there are ones higher still over them.
Isaiah 1:23
Your princes are rebels and companions of thieves. All of them are lovers of bribes and are runners after gifts. They don't bring justice to orphans, and the widow's case never comes up for review in their court."
Isaiah 3:15
How dare you crush my people as you grind down the face of the poor?" declares the Lord GOD of the Heavenly Armies.
Isaiah 33:15
The one who walks righteously and has spoken sincere words, who rejects gain from extortion and waves his hand, rejecting bribes, who blocks his ears from hearing plots of murder and shuts his eyes against seeing evil
Jeremiah 5:28
and have grown fat and sleek. There is no limit to their evil deeds. They don't argue the case of the orphan to secure justice. They don't defend the rights of the poor.
Jeremiah 22:3
This is what the LORD says: "Uphold justice and righteousness. Deliver from their oppressor those who have been robbed. Don't mistreat or do violence to the alien, the orphan, or the widow, or shed the blood of innocent people in this place.
Ezekiel 22:7
They've treated mothers and fathers among you with contempt. They've oppressed the foreigner among you. They've maltreated the orphan and the widow among you.
Amos 5:7
Those of you who are making justice taste bitter, and who have thrown righteousness to the ground:
Micah 2:1
"Woe to those who are crafting iniquity, planning evil well into the night! When morning's light comes, they carry out their plans because they have the power to do so.
Micah 7:3
And speaking of evil, they practice it eagerly with both hands! Both leader and judge demand a bribe, the famous confess their perverted desires, and they scheme together.
Zechariah 7:10
You are not to wrong the widow, orphans, the foreigner, or the poor, and you are not to plan evil against each other.
Malachi 3:5
"I'll come near to you for judgment. I'll be a witness, quick to speak against sorcerers, against adulterers, against those who swear falsely, against those who defraud the laborer of his wage, against those who defraud the widow and the orphan, against those who deprive the alien of justice, and against those who don't fear me," says the LORD of the Heavenly Armies.
Luke 3:14
Even some soldiers were asking him, "And what should we do?" He told them, "Never extort money from anyone by threats or blackmail, and be satisfied with your pay."
James 2:6
But you have humiliated the man who is poor. Are not rich people the ones who oppress you and drag you into court?
Nor take
Exodus 22:26
If you take your neighbor's coat as collateral, you are to return it to him by sunset,
General references
Exodus 22:22
"You are not to mistreat any widow or orphan.
Deuteronomy 24:12
If he is a poor man, don't go to sleep with his collateral in your possession.
Deuteronomy 27:19
""Cursed is the one who perverts justice due the foreigner, the orphan, or the widow.' "Then all the people are to respond by saying, "Amen!'