DEUTERONOMY 16:19 — KING JAMES VERSION 0 0
“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.”
You must not distort justice; you must not show partiality; and you must not accept bribes, for a bribe blinds the eyes of the wise and subverts the cause of those who are in the right — this triad of warnings (distortion, partiality, bribery) exposes the subtle mechanisms by which justice becomes corrupted, requiring constant vigilance against self-interest.
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