Deuteronomy 16:18-20

Evangelical Heritage Version

Judges

¹⁸ Appoint judges and officers for your tribes to serve at the gates of all the cities that the Lord your God is giving you. They are to judge the people with righteous judgment.

¹⁹ Do not distort justice. Do not show partiality. Do not take a bribe, because a bribe blinds the eyes of wise people and twists the actions of righteous people.

²⁰ Justice! You are to pursue justice, so that you may live and possess the land that the Lord your God is giving you!