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 distort31 the words of the righteous.32

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31	tn Heb “twist, overturn”; NRSV “subverts the cause.”
32	tn Or “innocent”; NRSV “those who are in the right”; NLT “the godly.”