Deuteronomy 16:18-20

Do Not Distort Justice

18 “You shall appoint for yourself judges and officers in all your gates of the towns which Yahweh your God is giving you, according to your tribes, and they shall judge the people with righteous judgment. 19 ^aYou shall not distort justice; ^byou shall not ¹be partial, and ^cyou shall not take a bribe, for a bribe blinds the eyes of the wise and perverts the words of the righteous. 20 Righteousness! Righteousness, you shall pursue, that ^ayou may live and possess the land which Yahweh your God is giving you.