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<< The Word for Tuesday, 25 November 2025

English Standard Version

You shall take no bribe, for a bribe blinds the clear-sighted and subverts the cause of those who are in the right.

Exodus 23:8

You shall do no injustice in court. You shall not be partial to the poor or defer to the great, but in righteousness shall you judge your neighbor.

Leviticus 19:15

Exodus 23 (English Standard Version)

5 If you see the donkey of one who hates you lying down under its burden, you shall refrain from leaving him with it; you shall rescue it with him.
6 “You shall not pervert the justice due to your poor in his lawsuit.
7 Keep far from a false charge, and do not kill the innocent and righteous, for I will not acquit the wicked.
8 And you shall take no bribe, for a bribe blinds the clear-sighted and subverts the cause of those who are in the right.
9 “You shall not oppress a sojourner. You know the heart of a sojourner, for you were sojourners in the land of Egypt.
10 “For six years you shall sow your land and gather in its yield,
11 but the seventh year you shall let it rest and lie fallow, that the poor of your people may eat; and what they leave the beasts of the field may eat. You shall do likewise with your vineyard, and with your olive orchard.

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Leviticus 19 (English Standard Version)

12 You shall not swear by my name falsely, and so profane the name of your God: I am the Lord.
13 “You shall not oppress your neighbor or rob him. The wages of a hired servant shall not remain with you all night until the morning.
14 You shall not curse the deaf or put a stumbling block before the blind, but you shall fear your God: I am the Lord.
15 “You shall do no injustice in court. You shall not be partial to the poor or defer to the great, but in righteousness shall you judge your neighbor.
16 You shall not go around as a slanderer among your people, and you shall not stand up against the life of your neighbor: I am the Lord.
17 “You shall not hate your brother in your heart, but you shall reason frankly with your neighbor, lest you incur sin because of him.
18 You shall not take vengeance or bear a grudge against the sons of your own people, but you shall love your neighbor as yourself: I am the Lord.

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Free Bible Version

Don't accept bribes, for a bribe blinds those who can see, and undermines the evidence of the honest.

Exodus 23:8

Don't be a corrupt judge. Don't show favoritism to the poor or to the rich. Judge others fairly.

Leviticus 19:15

Exodus 23 (Free Bible Version)

5 If you see the donkey of someone who hates you that has fallen under its load, don't just leave it there. You must stop and help.
6 You must not prevent the poor from getting justice in their lawsuits.
7 Don't have anything to do with making false accusations. Don't kill the innocent or those who do right, for I won't let the guilty go unpunished.
8 Don't accept bribes, for a bribe blinds those who can see, and undermines the evidence of the honest.
9 Don't abuse foreigners living among you, since you know very well what it's like to be foreigners, for you were once foreigners in Egypt.
10 Six years you are to sow your land and harvest crops,
11 but in the seventh year you are to let it rest and leave it uncultivated, so that poor people may eat what grows naturally from the field and the wild animals can finish what's left. Follow the same procedure for your vineyards and olive groves.

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Leviticus 19 (Free Bible Version)

12 Don't swear oaths in my name that are not true, otherwise you defame the character of your God. I am the Lord.
13 Don't cheat others or rob them. Don't refuse to pay wages due to workers until the morning.
14 Don't speak badly about deaf people. Don't put objects in the way of blind people to trip them up. Instead show respect to your God. I am the Lord.
15 Don't be a corrupt judge. Don't show favoritism to the poor or to the rich. Judge others fairly.
16 Don't go around spreading false rumors about people. Don't keep quiet when the lives of others are at risk. I am the Lord.
17 Don't hold onto hateful feelings towards others. Talk honestly with your neighbors, so that you don't sin because of them.
18 Don't look for revenge or hold a grudge against anybody, but love your neighbor as yourself. I am the Lord.

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