(A)You shall not pervert the justice due to your needy brother in his dispute.

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“Do not deny justice(A) to your poor people in their lawsuits.

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(A)You shall not take a bribe, for a bribe blinds the clear-sighted and [a]subverts the cause of the just.

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Footnotes

  1. Exodus 23:8 Or distorts the words

“Do not accept a bribe,(A) for a bribe blinds those who see and twists the words of the innocent.

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19 (A)You shall not distort justice, (B)you shall not [a]show partiality; and (C)you shall not accept a bribe, because a bribe blinds the eyes of the wise and distorts the words of the righteous.

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Footnotes

  1. Deuteronomy 16:19 Lit recognize faces

19 Do not pervert justice(A) or show partiality.(B) Do not accept a bribe,(C) for a bribe blinds the eyes of the wise and twists the words of the innocent.

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