Deuteronomy 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 ¹  the words of the righteous. ² 

Ex 23:2,6-8; Ex 23:7,8; Le 19:15; De 1:16,17; De 10:17; De 24:17; De 27:19; 1Sa 8:3; 1Sa 12:3; Job 31:21,22; Pr 17:23; Pr 24:23,28; Ec 7:7; Isa 1:17,23; Isa 33:15; Jer 5:28; Eze 22:12; Mic 7:3; Hab 1:4; Zep 3:3-5; Ac 10:34; Ac 16:37; Ac 23:3

¹ tn Heb “twist, overturn”; NRSV “subverts the cause.”

² tn Or “innocent”; NRSV “those who are in the right”; NLT “the godly.”