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

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.

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

"You shall not wrong a foreigner, neither shall you oppress him, for you were foreigners in the land of Egypt.

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

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."

But as for the mighty man, he had the earth. The honorable man, he lived in it.

For when the ear heard me, then it blessed me; and when the eye saw me, it commended me:

God presides in the great assembly. He judges among the gods.

LORD, how long will the wicked, how long will the wicked triumph?

Do not exploit the poor, because he is poor; and do not crush the needy in court;

lest they drink, and forget the decree, and pervert the justice due to anyone who is afflicted.

If you see the oppression of the poor, and the violent taking away of justice and righteousness in a district, do not marvel at the matter: for one official is eyed by a higher one; and there are officials over them.

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.

What do you mean that you crush my people, and grind the face of the poor?" says the Lord, the LORD of hosts.

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?

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.

Thus says the LORD: "Execute justice and righteousness, and deliver him who is robbed out of the hand of the oppressor: and do no wrong, do no violence, to the foreigner, the fatherless, nor the widow; neither shed innocent blood in this place.

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

You who turn justice to wormwood, and cast down righteousness to the earth:

Woe to those who devise iniquity and work evil on their beds. When the morning is light, they practice it, because it is in the power of their hand.

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.

Do not oppress the widow, nor the fatherless, the foreigner, nor the poor; and let none of you devise evil against his brother in your heart.'

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 perjurers, and against those who oppress the hireling in his wages, the widow, and the fatherless, and who deprive the foreigner of justice, and do not fear me," says the LORD of hosts.

Soldiers also asked him, saying, "What about us? What must we do?" He said to them, "Extort from no one by violence, neither accuse anyone wrongfully. Be content with your wages."

But you have dishonored the poor man. Do not the rich oppress you, and personally drag you before the courts?

Nor take

If you take your neighbor's garment as collateral, you shall restore it to him before the sun goes down,

General references

"You shall not take advantage of any widow or fatherless child.

If he be a poor man, you shall not sleep with his pledge;

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