Deuteronomy 24:17 Cross References - CAB

¹⁷ You shall not pervert the judgment of the stranger and the fatherless, and the widow; you shall not take the widow's garment for a pledge.

²¹ And you shall not hurt a stranger, nor afflict him; for you were strangers in the land of Egypt. ²² You shall hurt no widow or orphan.

²⁶ And if you take your neighbor's garment for a pledge, you shall restore it to him before sunset. ²⁷ For this is his clothing, this is the only covering of his nakedness; how shall he sleep? If then he shall cry to Me, I will hearken to him, for I am merciful.

² You shall not associate with the multitude for evil. You shall not join yourself with a multitude to turn aside with the majority so as to shut out judgment.

⁶ You shall not pervert the judgment of the poor in his cause.

⁹ And you shall not afflict a stranger, for you know the heart of a stranger; for you yourselves were strangers in the land of Egypt.

¹⁷ You shall not have respect to persons in judgment, you shall judge small and great equally; you shall not shrink from before the person of a man, for the judgment is God's; and whatsoever matter shall be too hard for you, you shall bring it to me, and I will hear it.

¹⁷ For the Lord your God, He is the God of gods and the Lord of lords, the great and mighty; the awesome God, who is no respector of persons, nor will He by any means accept a bribe; ¹⁸ executing judgment for the stranger and orphan and widow, and He loves the stranger, to give him food and clothing.

¹⁹ they shall not pervert judgment, nor favor persons, nor receive a gift; for gifts blind the eyes of the wise, and pervert the words of the righteous.

⁶ You shall not take for a pledge the lower millstone, nor the upper millstone; for he who does so takes one's living for a pledge.

¹³ You shall surely restore his pledge at sunset, and he shall sleep in his own garment, and he shall bless you; and it shall be mercy to you before the Lord your God.

¹⁹ Cursed is everyone that shall pervert the judgment of the stranger, and orphan, and widow. And all the people shall say, So be it.

³ Behold, here am I, answer against me before the Lord and before His anointed. Whose calf have I taken? Or whose donkey have I taken? Or who among you have I oppressed? Or from whose hand have I taken a bribe, even as much as a sandal? Bear witness against me, and I will make restitution to you. ⁴ And they said to Samuel, You have not injured us, and you have not oppressed us; and you have not afflicted us, and you have not taken anything from anyone's hand.

⁸ And you have accepted the persons of some; and you have established those that were already settled on the earth. ⁹ But you have sent widows away empty, and have afflicted orphans.

¹¹ For the ear heard, and blessed me; and the eye saw me, and turned aside. ¹² For I saved the poor out of the hand of the oppressor, and helped the fatherless who had no helper. ¹³ Let the blessing of the perishing one come upon me; yea, the mouth of the widow has blessed me. ¹⁴ Also I put on righteousness, and clothed myself with judgment like a mantle. ¹⁵ I was the eye of the blind, and the foot of the lame. ¹⁶ I was the father of the helpless, and I searched out the cause which I knew not. ¹⁷ And I broke the fangs of the wicked; I plucked the spoil out of the midst of their teeth.

¹ A Psalm of Asaph. God stands in the assembly of gods; and in the midst of them will judge gods. ² How long will you judge unrighteously, and accept the persons of sinners? Pause. ³ Judge the orphan and poor; do justice to the low and needy. ⁴ Rescue the needy, and deliver the poor out of the hand of the sinner. ⁵ They know not, nor understand; they walk on in darkness; all the foundations of the earth shall be shaken.

³ How long shall sinners, O Lord, how long shall sinners boast? ⁴ They will utter and speak unrighteousness; all the workers of iniquity shall speak so. ⁵ They have afflicted Your people, O Lord, and hurt Your heritage. ⁶ They have slain the widow and fatherless, and murdered the stranger.

²⁰ Shall the throne of iniquity have fellowship with You, which frames mischief by an ordinance? ²¹ They will hunt for the soul of the righteous, and condemn innocent blood.

²² Do no violence to the poor, for he is needy, neither dishonor the helpless man in the gates. ²³ For the Lord will plead his cause, and you shall deliver your soul in safety.

⁵ lest they drink, and forget wisdom, and not be able to judge the poor rightly.

⁸ If you should see the oppression of the poor, and the wresting of judgment and of justice in the land, wonder not at the matter; for there is a high one to watch over him that is high, and high ones over them.

²³ Your princes are rebellious, companions of thieves, loving bribes, seeking after rewards; not pleading for orphans, and not heeding the cause of widows.

¹⁵ Why do you wrong My people, and shame the face of the poor?

¹⁵ He that walks in righteousness, speaking rightly, hating transgression and iniquity, and shaking his hands from gifts, stopping his ears that he should not hear the judgment of blood, shutting his eyes that he should not see injustice.

²⁸ They have transgressed the rule of judgment; they have not judged the cause of the orphan, nor have they judged the cause of the widow.

³ Thus says the Lord: Execute judgment and justice, and rescue the spoiled out of the hand of him that wrongs him; and oppress not the stranger, the orphan, or widow, and sin not, and shed no innocent blood in this place.

⁷ In you they have reviled father and mother; and in you they have behaved unjustly toward the stranger; they have oppressed the orphan and widow.

²⁹ That sorely oppress the people of the land with injustice, and commit robbery; oppressing the poor and needy, and not dealing justly with the stranger.

⁷ It is He that executes judgment in the heights above, and He has established justice on the earth; ⁸ who makes all things, and changes them, and turns darkness into the morning, and darkens the day into night; who calls for the water of the sea, and pours it out on the face of the earth: the Lord is His name; ⁹ who dispenses ruin to strength, and brings distress upon the fortress. ¹⁰ They hated him that reproved in the gates, and abhorred holy speech. ¹¹ Therefore because they have smitten the poor with their fists, and you have received of them choice gifts, you have built polished houses, but you shall not dwell in them; you have planted desirable vineyards, but you shall not drink the wine of them. ¹² For I know your many transgressions, and your sins are great, trampling on the just, taking bribes, and turning aside the judgment of the poor in the gates.

¹ They meditated troubles, and wrought wickedness on their beds, and they put it in execution with the daylight; for they have not lifted up their hands to God. ² And they desired fields, and plundered orphans, and oppressed families, and spoiled a man and his house, even a man and his inheritance.

³ They prepare their hands for mischief, the prince asks a reward, and the judge speaks flattering words; it is the desire of their soul;

¹⁰ and oppress not the widow, or the fatherless, or the stranger, or the poor; and let not one of you remember in his heart the injury of his brother.

⁵ And I will draw near to you in judgment; and I will be a swift witness against the witches, and against the adulteresses, and against them that swear falsely by My name, and against them that keep back the hireling's wages, and them that oppress the widow, and afflict orphans, and that wrest the judgment of the stranger, and do not fear Me, says the Lord Almighty.

¹⁴ Likewise the soldiers also were asking him, saying, "And what shall we do?" So he said to them, "Do not intimidate anyone or accuse anyone falsely, and be content with your wages."

⁶ But you have dishonored the poor. Do not the rich oppress you and drag you into court?