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Deuteronomy 16:19

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16:19You 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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Footnotes

  1. 31 Heb “twist, overturn”; “subverts the cause.”
  2. 32 Or “innocent”; “those who are in the right”; “the godly.”

In other versions

ESVEnglish Standard Version

You shall not pervert justice. You shall not show partiality, and you shall not accept a bribe, for a bribe blinds the eyes of the wise and subverts the cause of the righteous.

NIVNew International Version (2011)

Do not pervert justice or show partiality. Do not accept a bribe, for a bribe blinds the eyes of the wise and twists the words of the innocent.

CSBChristian Standard Bible

Do not deny justice or show partiality to anyone. Do not accept a bribe, for it blinds the eyes of the wise and twists the words of the righteous.

NLTNew Living Translation

You must never twist justice or show partiality. Never accept a bribe, for bribes blind the eyes of the wise and corrupt the decisions of the godly.

LEBThe Lexham English Bible

You shall not subvert justice; you shall not show partiality; and you shall not take a bribe, for the bribe makes blind the eyes of the wise and misrepresents the words of the righteous.

KJV 1900King James Version

Thou shalt not wrest judgment; thou shalt not respect persons, neither take a gift: for a gift doth blind the eyes of the wise, and pervert the words of the righteous.