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Deuteronomy 16:20
Deuteronomy 16:20 is verse 20 of Deuteronomy chapter 16, shown here in the Berean Standard Bible.
Berean Standard Bible
Pursue justice, and justice alone, so that you may live, and you may possess the land that the LORD your God is giving you.
King James Version
That which is altogether just shalt thou follow, that thou mayest live, and inherit the land which the LORD thy God giveth thee.
World English Bible
You shall follow that which is altogether just, that you may live and inherit the land which Yahweh your God gives you.
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Deuteronomy 16:18–22 · Berean Standard Bible
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.
20 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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Cross-references
The Treasury of Scripture Knowledge lists these related verses. Scripture text comes from the Berean Standard Bible.
Deuteronomy 25:13You shall not have two differing weights in your bag, one heavy and one light.
Deuteronomy 25:14You shall not have two differing measures in your house, one large and one small.
Deuteronomy 25:15You must maintain accurate and honest weights and measures, so that you may live long in the land that the LORD your God is giving you.
Deuteronomy 25:16For everyone who behaves dishonestly in regard to these things is detestable to the LORD your God.
Micah 6:8He 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?
Philippians 4:8Finally, 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.
Deuteronomy 4:1Hear 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.
Ezekiel 18:5Now suppose a man is righteous and does what is just and right:
Ezekiel 18:9He follows My statutes and faithfully keeps My ordinances. That man is righteous; surely he will live, declares the Lord GOD.
Romans 10:5For concerning the righteousness that is by the law, Moses writes: “The man who does these things will live by them.”