Deuteronomy 16:19

Old Testament • 14 words with Strong's data

"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."

Word-by-Word Analysis

Thou shalt not

נָטָה

nâṭâh

H5186

to stretch or spread out; by implication, to bend away (including moral deflection); used in a great variety of application

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מִשְׁפָּט

mishpâṭ

H4941

properly, a verdict (favorable or unfavorable) pronounced judicially, especially a sentence or formal decree (human or (participant's) divine law, ind...

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thou shalt not

נָכַר

nâkar

H5234

properly, to scrutinize, i.e. look intently at; hence (with recognition implied), to acknowledge, be acquainted with, care for, respect, revere, or (w...

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נֶפֶשׁ

nephesh

H5315

properly, a breathing creature, i.e. animal of (abstractly) vitality; used very widely in a literal, accommodated or figurative sense (bodily or menta...

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לֹא

lôʼ

H3808

not (the simple or abs. negation); by implication, no; often used with other particles

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לָקַח

lâqach

H3947

to take (in the widest variety of applications)

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a

שַׁחַד

shachad

H7810

a donation (venal or redemptive)

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for a

שַׁחַד

shachad

H7810

a donation (venal or redemptive)

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doth

עִוֵּר

ʻivvêr

H5787

blind (literally or figuratively)

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the

עַיִן

ʻayin

H5869

an eye (literally or figuratively); by analogy, a fountain (as the eye of the landscape)

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of the

חָכָם

châkâm

H2450

wise, (i.e. intelligent, skilful or artful)

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and

עָוַת

ʻâvath

H5791

to wrest

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the

דָּבָר

dâbâr

H1697

a word; by implication, a matter (as spoken of) or thing; adverbially, a cause

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of the

צַדִּיק

tsaddîyq

H6662

just

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Key Terms in This Verse

wrest H5186

נָטָה nâṭâh

to stretch or spread out; by implication, to bend away (including moral deflection); used in a great variety of application

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pervert H5791

עָוַת ʻâvath

to wrest

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respect H5234

נָכַר nâkar

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 s...

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persons H5315

נֶפֶשׁ nephesh

properly, a breathing creature, i.e. animal of (abstractly) vitality; used very widely in a literal, accommodated or figurative sense (bodily or mental)

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gift H7810

שַׁחַד shachad

a donation (venal or redemptive)

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gift H7810

שַׁחַד shachad

a donation (venal or redemptive)

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blind H5787

עִוֵּר ʻivvêr

blind (literally or figuratively)

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righteous H6662

צַדִּיק tsaddîyq

just

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wise H2450

חָכָם châkâm

wise, (i.e. intelligent, skilful or artful)

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judgment H4941

מִשְׁפָּט mishpâṭ

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 pla...

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Cross References

Leviticus 19:15 cross-reference

Ye 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 neighbour.

Exodus 23:2 cross-reference

Thou shalt not follow a multitude to do evil; neither shalt thou speak in a cause to decline after many to wrest judgment:

Proverbs 17:23 cross-reference

A wicked man taketh a gift out of the bosom to pervert the ways of judgment.

Habakkuk 1:4 cross-reference

Therefore the law is slacked, and judgment doth never go forth: for the wicked doth compass about the righteous; therefore wrong judgment proceedeth.

Deuteronomy 10:17 cross-reference

For 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:

Deuteronomy 24:17 cross-reference

Thou shalt not pervert the judgment of the stranger, nor of the fatherless; nor take a widow’s raiment to pledge:

Deuteronomy 27:19 cross-reference

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

Proverbs 24:23 cross-reference

These things also belong to the wise. It is not good to have respect of persons in judgment.

Ecclesiastes 7:7 cross-reference

Surely oppression maketh a wise man mad; and a gift destroyeth the heart.

Isaiah 1:17 cross-reference

Learn to do well; seek judgment, relieve the oppressed, judge the fatherless, plead for the widow.

Acts 10:34 cross-reference

Then Peter opened his mouth, and said, Of a truth I perceive that God is no respecter of persons:

Acts 16:37 cross-reference

But 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 u...

1 Samuel 8:3 cross-reference

And his sons walked not in his ways, but turned aside after lucre, and took bribes, and perverted judgment.

Micah 7:3 cross-reference

That 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.

Ezekiel 22:12 cross-reference

In thee have they taken gifts to shed blood; thou hast taken usury and increase, and thou hast greedily gained of thy neighbours by extortion, and hast forgotten me, saith the Lord GOD.

Jeremiah 5:28 cross-reference

They 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.

Acts 23:3 cross-reference

Then 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?

Proverbs 24:28 cross-reference

Be not a witness against thy neighbour without cause; and deceive not with thy lips.

Isaiah 33:15 cross-reference

He 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 shuttet...

1 Samuel 12:3 cross-reference

Behold, 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...

Isaiah 1:23 cross-reference

Thy 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.

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