Exodus 22:21-22
English Standard Version Anglicised
21 (A)“You shall not wrong a sojourner or oppress him, for you were sojourners in the land of Egypt. 22 (B)You shall not mistreat any widow or fatherless child.
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Exodus 22:21-22
King James Version
21 Thou shalt neither vex a stranger, nor oppress him: for ye were strangers in the land of Egypt.
22 Ye shall not afflict any widow, or fatherless child.
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Exodus 23:6
English Standard Version Anglicised
6 (A)“You shall not pervert the justice due to your poor in his lawsuit.
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Exodus 23:6
King James Version
6 Thou shalt not wrest the judgment of thy poor in his cause.
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Deuteronomy 10:18
English Standard Version Anglicised
18 (A)He executes justice for the fatherless and the widow, and loves the sojourner, giving him food and clothing.
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Deuteronomy 10:18
King James Version
18 He doth execute the judgment of the fatherless and widow, and loveth the stranger, in giving him food and raiment.
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Deuteronomy 27:19
English Standard Version Anglicised
19 (A)“‘Cursed be anyone who perverts the justice due to the sojourner, the fatherless, and the widow.’ And all the people shall say, ‘Amen.’
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Deuteronomy 27:19
King James Version
19 Cursed be he that perverteth the judgment of the stranger, fatherless, and widow. And all the people shall say, Amen.
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Isaiah 1:23
English Standard Version Anglicised
23 Your princes are rebels
and companions of thieves.
Everyone (A)loves a bribe
and runs after gifts.
(B)They do not bring justice to the fatherless,
and the widow's cause does not come to them.
Isaiah 1:23
King James Version
23 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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Jeremiah 5:28
English Standard Version Anglicised
28 (A)they have grown fat and sleek.
They know no bounds in deeds of evil;
(B)they judge not with justice
the cause of the fatherless, to make it prosper,
and they do not defend the rights of the needy.
Jeremiah 5:28
King James Version
28 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.
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Deuteronomy 16:19
English Standard Version Anglicised
19 (A)You shall not pervert justice. (B)You shall not show partiality, (C)and you shall not accept a bribe, for a bribe blinds the eyes of the wise and subverts the cause of the righteous.
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Deuteronomy 16:19
King James Version
19 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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