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Deuteronomy 16:19
New English Translation

19 You must not pervert justice or show favor. Do not take a bribe, for bribes blind the eyes of the wise and distort[a] the words of the righteous.[b]

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  1. Deuteronomy 16:19 tn Heb “twist, overturn”; NRSV “subverts the cause.”
  2. Deuteronomy 16:19 tn Or “innocent”; NRSV “those who are in the right”; NLT “the godly.”
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