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You shall not pervert justice. You shall not show partiality. You shall not take a bribe, for a bribe blinds the eyes of the wise and perverts the words of the righteous.
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Verse 19. Just. Avarice is like a cloud, ( Calmet.) which darkens the understanding. Oppression troubleth the wise, and (Heb.) “a present destroyeth the heart.” A timid or interested judge is unfit for his office. Sir Thomas More was very careful not to receive presents, while he was high chancellor of England. Bible.—If even the just are in danger of being perverted by presents, what must we think of others? D.
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