Deuteronomy 16:19

16:19 You must not pervert justice or show favor. Do not take a bribe, for bribes blind the eyes of the wise and distort the words of the righteous.

Deuteronomy 24:17

24:17 You must not pervert justice due a resident foreigner or an orphan, or take a widow’s garment as security for a loan.


tn Heb “twist, overturn”; NRSV “subverts the cause.”

tn Or “innocent”; NRSV “those who are in the right”; NLT “the godly.”