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Deuteronomy 16:19-20 KJV
Deuteronomy · chapter 16 · verses 19–20
19Thou 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. 20That which is altogether just shalt thou follow, that thou mayest live, and inherit the land which the LORD thy God giveth thee.Deuteronomy 16:19-20 · King James Version
Deuteronomy 16:19-20 in context
17Every man shall give as he is able, according to the blessing of the LORD thy God which he hath given thee.
18Judges 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.
19Thou 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.
20That which is altogether just shalt thou follow, that thou mayest live, and inherit the land which the LORD thy God giveth thee.
21Thou shalt not plant thee a grove of any trees near unto the altar of the LORD thy God, which thou shalt make thee.
22Neither shalt thou set thee up any image; which the LORD thy God hateth.
Commentary
Key words (Strong's)
- altogethertsedeqthe rightH6664 →
- judgmentmishpâṭproperly, a verdict pronounced judicially, especially a sentence or formal decree divine…H4941 →
- respectnâkarproperly, to scrutinizeH5234 →
- personspânîymthe faceH6440 →
- pervertçâlaphproperly, to wrenchH5557 →
- inherityârashto occupyH3423 →
- followrâdaphto run after (usually with hostile intentH7291 →
- wrestnâṭâhto stretch or spread outH5186 →
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Here is, I. Care taken for the due administration of justice among them, that controversies might be determined, matters in variance adjusted, the injured redressed, and the injurious punished.
— Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on verses 18-22