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Deuteronomy 16:20

JusticeObedience

18 Judges and officers shalt thou make thee in all thy gates, which the LORD thy God giveth thee, throughout thy tribes: and they shall judge the people with just judgment.

19 Thou shalt not wrest judgment; thou shalt not respect persons, neither take a gift: for a gift doth blind the eyes of the wise, and pervert the words of the righteous.

That which is altogether just shalt thou follow, that thou mayest live, and inherit the land which the LORD thy God giveth thee.

21 Thou shalt not plant thee a grove of any trees near unto the altar of the LORD thy God, which thou shalt make thee.

22 Neither shalt thou set thee up any image; which the LORD thy God hateth.

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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, brethren, whatsoever things are true, whatsoever things are honest, whatsoever things are just, whatsoever things are pure, whatsoever things are lovely, whatsoever things are of good report; if there be any virtue, and if there be any praise, think on these things.

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  • Ezekiel 18:9

    Hath walked in my statutes, and hath kept my judgments, to deal truly; he is just, he shall surely live, saith the Lord GOD.

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  • Ezekiel 18:5

    But if a man be just, and do that which is lawful and right,

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  • Micah 6:8

    He hath shewed thee, O man, what is good; and what doth the LORD require of thee, but to do justly, and to love mercy, and to walk humbly with thy God?

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  • Deuteronomy 4:1

    Now therefore hearken, O Israel, unto the statutes and unto the judgments, which I teach you, for to do them, that ye may live, and go in and possess the land which the LORD God of your fathers giveth you.

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  • Deuteronomy 25:13–16

    Thou shalt not have in thy bag divers weights, a great and a small.

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  • Romans 10:5

    For Moses describeth the righteousness which is of the law, That the man which doeth those things shall live by them.

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