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Deuteronomy 16:19

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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.

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  1. Deuteronomy 16:17

    Every man shall give as he is able, according to the blessing of the Lord thy God which he hath given thee.

  2. Deuteronomy 16:18

    Judges and officers shalt thou make thee in all thy gates, which the Lord thy God giveth thee, throughout thy tribes: and they shall judge the people with just judgment.

  3. Deuteronomy 16:20

    That which is altogether just shalt thou follow, that thou mayest live, and inherit the land which the Lord thy God giveth thee.

  4. Deuteronomy 16:21

    Thou shalt not plant thee a grove of any trees near unto the altar of the Lord thy God, which thou shalt make thee.

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Scripture: King James Version (KJV), English, 66-book canon. The quotation retains the wording and numbering of our source corpus.