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Deuteronomy 16

Deut. 16:19 KJV (With Strong’s)

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Thouf shalt not wrest
natah (Hebrew #5186)
to stretch or spread out; by implication, to bend away (including moral deflection); used in a great variety of application (as follows)
KJV usage: + afternoon, apply, bow (down, - ing), carry aside, decline, deliver, extend, go down, be gone, incline, intend, lay, let down, offer, outstretched, overthrown, pervert, pitch, prolong, put away, shew, spread (out), stretch (forth, out), take (aside), turn (aside, away), wrest, cause to yield.
Pronounce: naw-taw'
Origin: a primitive root
judgment
mishpat (Hebrew #4941)
properly, a verdict (favorable or unfavorable) pronounced judicially, especially a sentence or formal decree (human or (participant's) divine law, individual or collective), including the act, the place, the suit, the crime, and the penalty; abstractly, justice, including a participant's right or privilege (statutory or customary), or even a style
KJV usage: + adversary, ceremony, charge, X crime, custom, desert, determination, discretion, disposing, due, fashion, form, to be judged, judgment, just(-ice, -ly), (manner of) law(-ful), manner, measure, (due) order, ordinance, right, sentence, usest, X worthy, + wrong.
Pronounce: mish-pawt'
Origin: from 8199
; thou shalt not respect
nakar (Hebrew #5234)
properly, to scrutinize, i.e. look intently at; hence (with recognition implied), to acknowledge, be acquainted with, care for, respect, revere, or (with suspicion implied), to disregard, ignore, be strange toward, reject, resign, dissimulate (as if ignorant or disowning)
KJV usage: acknowledge, X could, deliver, discern, dissemble, estrange, feign self to be another, know, take knowledge (notice), perceive, regard, (have) respect, behave (make) self strange(-ly).
Pronounce: naw-kar'
Origin: a primitive root
g persons
paniym (Hebrew #6440)
the face (as the part that turns); used in a great variety of applications (literally and figuratively); also (with prepositional prefix) as a preposition (before, etc.)
KJV usage: + accept, a-(be- )fore(-time), against, anger, X as (long as), at, + battle, + because (of), + beseech, countenance, edge, + employ, endure, + enquire, face, favour, fear of, for, forefront(-part), form(-er time, -ward), from, front, heaviness, X him(-self), + honourable, + impudent, + in, it, look(-eth) (- s), X me, + meet, X more than, mouth, of, off, (of) old (time), X on, open, + out of, over against, the partial, person, + please, presence, propect, was purposed, by reason of, + regard, right forth, + serve, X shewbread, sight, state, straight, + street, X thee, X them(-selves), through (+ - out), till, time(-s) past, (un-)to(-ward), + upon, upside (+ down), with(- in, + -stand), X ye, X you.
Pronounce: paw-neem'
Origin: plural (but always as singular) of an unused noun (paneh {paw-neh'}; from 6437)
, neither take
laqach (Hebrew #3947)
to take (in the widest variety of applications)
KJV usage: accept, bring, buy, carry away, drawn, fetch, get, infold, X many, mingle, place, receive(-ing), reserve, seize, send for, take (away, -ing, up), use, win.
Pronounce: law-kakh'
Origin: a primitive root
a gift
shachad (Hebrew #7810)
a donation (venal or redemptive)
KJV usage: bribe(-ry), gift, present, reward.
Pronounce: shakh'-ad
Origin: from 7809
: fori a gift
shachad (Hebrew #7810)
a donation (venal or redemptive)
KJV usage: bribe(-ry), gift, present, reward.
Pronounce: shakh'-ad
Origin: from 7809
doth blind
`avar (Hebrew #5786)
to blind
KJV usage: blind, put out. See also 5895.
Pronounce: aw-var'
Origin: a primitive root (rather denominatively from 5785 through the idea of a film over the eyes)
the eyes
`ayin (Hebrew #5869)
an eye (literally or figuratively); by analogy, a fountain (as the eye of the landscape)
KJV usage: affliction, outward appearance, + before, + think best, colour, conceit, + be content, countenance, + displease, eye((-brow), (-d), -sight), face, + favour, fountain, furrow (from the margin), X him, + humble, knowledge, look, (+ well), X me, open(-ly), + (not) please, presence, + regard, resemblance, sight, X thee, X them, + think, X us, well, X you(-rselves).
Pronounce: ah'-yin
Origin: probably a primitive word
of the wise
chakam (Hebrew #2450)
wise, (i.e. intelligent, skilful or artful)
KJV usage: cunning (man), subtil, ((un-)), wise((hearted), man).
Pronounce: khaw-kawm'
Origin: from 2449
, and pervert
calaph (Hebrew #5557)
properly, to wrench, i.e. (figuratively) to subvert
KJV usage: overthrow, pervert.
Pronounce: saw-laf'
Origin: a primitive root
the βwords
dabar (Hebrew #1697)
a word; by implication, a matter (as spoken of) or thing; adverbially, a cause
KJV usage: act, advice, affair, answer, X any such (thing), because of, book, business, care, case, cause, certain rate, + chronicles, commandment, X commune(-ication), + concern(-ing), + confer, counsel, + dearth, decree, deed, X disease, due, duty, effect, + eloquent, errand, (evil favoured-)ness, + glory, + harm, hurt, + iniquity, + judgment, language, + lying, manner, matter, message, (no) thing, oracle, X ought, X parts, + pertaining, + please, portion, + power, promise, provision, purpose, question, rate, reason, report, request, X (as hast) said, sake, saying, sentence, + sign, + so, some (uncleanness), somewhat to say, + song, speech, X spoken, talk, task, + that, X there done, thing (concerning), thought, + thus, tidings, what(-soever), + wherewith, which, word, work.
Pronounce: daw-baw'
Origin: from 1696
of the righteous
tsaddiyq (Hebrew #6662)
just
KJV usage: just, lawful, righteous (man).
Pronounce: tsad-deek'
Origin: from 6663
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Lev. 19:15• 15Ye shall do no unrighteousness in judgment: thou shalt not respect the person of the poor, nor honor the person of the mighty: but in righteousness shalt thou judge thy neighbor. (Lev. 19:15)
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Prov. 24:23• 23These things also belong to the wise. It is not good to have respect of persons in judgment. (Prov. 24:23)
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Prov. 17:23• 23A wicked man taketh a gift out of the bosom to pervert the ways of judgment. (Prov. 17:23)
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or, matters.

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Cross References

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Deut. 24:17• 17Thou shalt not pervert the judgment of the stranger, nor of the fatherless; nor take a widow's raiment to pledge: (Deut. 24:17)
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Deut. 27:19• 19Cursed be he that perverteth the judgment of the stranger, fatherless, and widow. And all the people shall say, Amen. (Deut. 27:19)
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Ex. 23:2,6‑8• 2Thou shalt not follow a multitude to do evil; neither shalt thou speak in a cause to decline after many to wrest judgment:
 6Thou shalt not wrest the judgment of thy poor in his cause.
 7Keep thee far from a false matter; and the innocent and righteous slay thou not: for I will not justify the wicked.
 8And thou shalt take no gift: for the gift blindeth the wise, and perverteth the words of the righteous. (Ex. 23:2,6‑8)
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Lev. 19:15• 15Ye shall do no unrighteousness in judgment: thou shalt not respect the person of the poor, nor honor the person of the mighty: but in righteousness shalt thou judge thy neighbor. (Lev. 19:15)
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1 Sam. 8:3• 3And his sons walked not in his ways, but turned aside after lucre, and took bribes, and perverted judgment. (1 Sam. 8:3)
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1 Sam. 12:3• 3Behold, here I am: witness against me before the Lord, and before his anointed: whose ox have I taken? or whose ass have I taken? or whom have I defrauded? whom have I oppressed? or of whose hand have I received any bribe to blind mine eyes therewith? and I will restore it you. (1 Sam. 12:3)
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Job 31:21‑22• 21If I have lifted up my hand against the fatherless, when I saw my help in the gate:
 22Then let mine arm fall from my shoulder blade, and mine arm be broken from the bone. (Job 31:21‑22)
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Prov. 17:23• 23A wicked man taketh a gift out of the bosom to pervert the ways of judgment. (Prov. 17:23)
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Eccl. 7:7• 7Surely oppression maketh a wise man mad; and a gift destroyeth the heart. (Eccl. 7:7)
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Isa. 1:17,23• 17Learn to do well; seek judgment, relieve the oppressed, judge the fatherless, plead for the widow.
 23Thy princes are rebellious, and companions of thieves: every one loveth gifts, and followeth after rewards: they judge not the fatherless, neither doth the cause of the widow come unto them. (Isa. 1:17,23)
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Isa. 33:15• 15He that walketh righteously, and speaketh uprightly; he that despiseth the gain of oppressions, that shaketh his hands from holding of bribes, that stoppeth his ears from hearing of blood, and shutteth his eyes from seeing evil; (Isa. 33:15)
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Jer. 5:28• 28They are waxen fat, they shine: yea, they overpass the deeds of the wicked: they judge not the cause, the cause of the fatherless, yet they prosper; and the right of the needy do they not judge. (Jer. 5:28)
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Ezek. 22:12• 12In thee have they taken gifts to shed blood; thou hast taken usury and increase, and thou hast greedily gained of thy neighbors by extortion, and hast forgotten me, saith the Lord God. (Ezek. 22:12)
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Mic. 7:3• 3That they may do evil with both hands earnestly, the prince asketh, and the judge asketh for a reward; and the great man, he uttereth his mischievous desire: so they wrap it up. (Mic. 7:3)
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Hab. 1:4• 4Therefore the law is slacked, and judgment doth never go forth: for the wicked doth compass about the righteous; therefore wrong judgment proceedeth. (Hab. 1:4)
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Zeph. 3:3‑5• 3Her princes within her are roaring lions; her judges are evening wolves; they gnaw not the bones till the morrow.
 4Her prophets are light and treacherous persons: her priests have polluted the sanctuary, they have done violence to the law.
 5The just Lord is in the midst thereof; he will not do iniquity: every morning doth he bring his judgment to light, he faileth not; but the unjust knoweth no shame. (Zeph. 3:3‑5)
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Acts 16:37• 37But Paul said unto them, They have beaten us openly uncondemned, being Romans, and have cast us into prison; and now do they thrust us out privily? nay verily; but let them come themselves and fetch us out. (Acts 16:37)
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Acts 23:3• 3Then said Paul unto him, God shall smite thee, thou whited wall: for sittest thou to judge me after the law, and commandest me to be smitten contrary to the law? (Acts 23:3)
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Deut. 1:16‑17• 16And I charged your judges at that time, saying, Hear the causes between your brethren, and judge righteously between every man and his brother, and the stranger that is with him.
 17Ye shall not respect persons in judgment; but ye shall hear the small as well as the great; ye shall not be afraid of the face of man; for the judgment is God's: and the cause that is too hard for you, bring it unto me, and I will hear it. (Deut. 1:16‑17)
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Deut. 10:17• 17For the Lord your God is God of gods, and Lord of lords, a great God, a mighty, and a terrible, which regardeth not persons, nor taketh reward: (Deut. 10:17)
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Ex. 23:7‑8• 7Keep thee far from a false matter; and the innocent and righteous slay thou not: for I will not justify the wicked.
 8And thou shalt take no gift: for the gift blindeth the wise, and perverteth the words of the righteous. (Ex. 23:7‑8)
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Prov. 24:23,28• 23These things also belong to the wise. It is not good to have respect of persons in judgment.
 28Be not a witness against thy neighbor without cause; and deceive not with thy lips. (Prov. 24:23,28)
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Acts 10:34• 34Then Peter opened his mouth, and said, Of a truth I perceive that God is no respecter of persons: (Acts 10:34)
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or, matters.

J. N. Darby Translation

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Thou shalt not wrest judgment; thou shalt not respect persons, neither take a bribe; for the bribe blindeth the eyes of the wise, and perverteth the words of the righteous.