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Deuteronomy 27

Deuteronomy 27:19

‘Cursed is he who withholds justice from the foreigner, fatherless, and widow.’ All the people shall say, ‘Amen.’

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  • WEB World English Bible

    ‘Cursed is he who withholds justice from the foreigner, fatherless, and widow.’ All the people shall say, ‘Amen.’

  • KJV King James Version

    Cursed be he that perverteth the judgment of the stranger, fatherless, and widow. And all the people shall say, Amen.

  • JPS JPS Tanakh (1917)

    Cursed be he that perverteth the justice due to the stranger, fatherless, and widow. And all the people shall say: Amen.

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Cross-references (10)

Passages linked to Deuteronomy 27:19 in the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge, ordered by reader-vote popularity; verse text shown in World English Bible.

  • Deuteronomy 10:18 He executes justice for the fatherless and widow and loves the foreigner in giving him food and clothing.
  • Deuteronomy 24:17 You shall not deprive the foreigner or the fatherless of justice, nor take a widow’s clothing in pledge;
  • Exodus 22:21-24 “You shall not wrong an alien or oppress him, for you were aliens in the land of Egypt. “You shall not take advantage of any widow or fatherless child. If you take advantage of them at all, and they cry at all to me, I will surely hear their cry; and my wrath will grow hot, and I will kill you with the sword; and your wives shall be widows, and your children fatherless.
  • Exodus 23:2 “You shall not follow a crowd to do evil. You shall not testify in court to side with a multitude to pervert justice.
  • Psalms 82:2-4 “How long will you judge unjustly, and show partiality to the wicked?” “Defend the weak, the poor, and the fatherless. Maintain the rights of the poor and oppressed. Rescue the weak and needy. Deliver them out of the hand of the wicked.”
  • Proverbs 17:23 A wicked man receives a bribe in secret, to pervert the ways of justice.
  • Malachi 3:5 I will come near to you to judgment; and I will be a swift witness against the sorcerers, and against the adulterers, and against the perjurers, and against those who oppress the hireling in his wages, the widow, and the fatherless, and who deprive the foreigner of justice, and don’t fear me,” says Yahweh of Armies.
  • Exodus 23:8-9 “You shall take no bribe, for a bribe blinds those who have sight and perverts the words of the righteous. “You shall not oppress an alien, for you know the heart of an alien, since you were aliens in the land of Egypt.
  • Proverbs 31:5 lest they drink, and forget the law, and pervert the justice due to anyone who is afflicted.
  • Micah 3:9 Please listen to this, you heads of the house of Jacob, and rulers of the house of Israel, who abhor justice, and pervert all equity.

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John Gill 1763 · Public Domain Cursed be he that perverteth the judgment of the…

Cursed be he that perverteth the judgment of the stranger,

fatherless, and widow,.... Who have none to assist them, and take their part, and therefore judges may be tempted to do an unjust thing; but God is the patron of them, and takes notice of every injury done them, and is the avenger of all such:

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and all the people shall say Amen; See Gill on Deu 27:15; See Gill on Deu 27:16.

John Gill's Exposition of the Whole Bible (1746–1763) — public domain (CC PDM 1.0). Text via the HelloAO Bible API.

Haydock's Catholic Bible Commentary 1859 · Public Domain
The Cambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges 1878 · Public Domain 19. See on Deu_24:17; E, Exo_22:21-24; Exo_23:9; H, Lev_19:33…
The Pulpit Commentary 1880 · Public Domain cf. Deu_24:17
Tyndale Open Study Notes 2022 · CC BY-SA 4.0 27:19 It would be easy to put foreigners, orphans,…

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