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Deuteronomy 16:20

JusticeObedience

18 You are to appoint judges and officials for your tribes in every town that the LORD your God is giving you. They are to judge the people with righteous judgment.

19 Do not deny justice or show partiality. Do not accept a bribe, for a bribe blinds the eyes of the wise and twists the words of the righteous.

Pursue justice, and justice alone, so that you may live, and you may possess the land that the LORD your God is giving you.

21 Do not set up any wooden Asherah pole next to the altar you will build for the LORD your God,

22 and do not set up for yourselves a sacred pillar, which the LORD your God hates.

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BSB
Pursue justice, and justice alone, so that you may live, and you may possess the land that the LORD your God is giving you.
KJV
That which is altogether just shalt thou follow, that thou mayest live, and inherit the land which the LORD thy God giveth thee.
WEB
You shall follow that which is altogether just, that you may live and inherit the land which the LORD your God gives you.
ASV
That which is altogether just shalt thou follow, that thou mayest live, and inherit the land which Jehovah thy God giveth thee.
DARBY
Perfect justice shalt thou follow, that thou mayest live, and possess the land that Jehovah thy God giveth thee.
BLB
Justice [and] justice [alone] you shall pursue, that you may live and inherit the land that YHWH your God is giving to you.
ÅB
Rettferdighet, rettferdighet skal du strebe etter, for at du må leve og eie det land Herren din Gud gir deg.
OTB
Forfølg rettferdighet, og bare rettferdighet, så du kan leve og eie landet Herren din Gud gir deg.
B1930
Rettferdighet, rettferdighet skal du strebe efter, forat du må leve og eie det land Herren din Gud gir dig.

Study notes (Tyndale)

Original text and word study

Cross references

  • Philippians 4:8

    Finally, brothers, whatever is true, whatever is honorable, whatever is right, whatever is pure, whatever is lovely, whatever is admirable—if anything is excellent or praiseworthy—think on these things.

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  • Ezekiel 18:9

    He follows My statutes and faithfully keeps My ordinances. That man is righteous; surely he will live, declares the Lord GOD.

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  • Ezekiel 18:5

    Now suppose a man is righteous and does what is just and right:

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  • Micah 6:8

    He has shown you, O man, what is good. And what does the LORD require of you but to act justly, to love mercy, and to walk humbly with your God?

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  • Deuteronomy 4:1

    Hear now, O Israel, the statutes and ordinances I am teaching you to follow, so that you may live and may enter and take possession of the land that the LORD, the God of your fathers, is giving you.

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  • Deuteronomy 25:13–16

    You shall not have two differing weights in your bag, one heavy and one light.

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  • Romans 10:5

    For concerning the righteousness that is by the law, Moses writes: “The man who does these things will live by them.”

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