Deuteronomy 4:8

4:8 And what other great nation has statutes and ordinances as just ¹  as this whole law ²  that I am about to share with ³  you today?

Deuteronomy 16:19

16:19 You must not pervert justice or show favor. Do not take a bribe, for bribes blind the eyes of the wise and distort ⁴  the words of the righteous. ⁵ 

Deuteronomy 25:1

25:1 If controversy arises between people, ⁶  they should go to court for judgment. When the judges ⁷  hear the case, they shall exonerate ⁸  the innocent but condemn ⁹  the guilty.

Deuteronomy 32:4

32:4 As for the Rock, ¹⁰  his work is perfect,

for all his ways are just.

He is a reliable God who is never unjust,

he is fair ¹¹  and upright.

[4:8]  ¹ tn Or “pure”; or “fair”; Heb “righteous.”

[4:8]  ² tn The Hebrew phrase הַתּוֹרָה הַזֹּאת (hattorah hazzo’t), in this context, refers specifically to the Book of Deuteronomy. That is, it is the collection of all the חֻקִּים (khuqqim, “statutes,” 4:1) and מִשְׁפָּטִים (mishpatim, “ordinances,” 4:1) to be included in the covenant text. In a full canonical sense, of course, it pertains to the entire Pentateuch or Torah.

[4:8]  ³ tn Heb “place before.”

[16:19]  ⁴ tn Heb “twist, overturn”; NRSV “subverts the cause.”

[16:19]  ⁵ tn Or “innocent”; NRSV “those who are in the right”; NLT “the godly.”

[25:1]  ⁷ tn Heb “men.”

[25:1]  ⁸ tn Heb “they”; the referent (the judges) has been specified in the translation for clarity.

[25:1]  ⁹ tn Heb “declare to be just”; KJV, NASB “justify the righteous”; NAB, NIV “acquitting the innocent.”

[25:1]  ¹⁰ tn Heb “declare to be evil”; NIV “condemning the guilty (+ party NAB).”

[32:4]  ¹⁰ tc The LXX reads Θεός (qeos, “God”) for the MT’s “Rock.”

[32:4]  ¹¹ tn Or “just” (KJV, NAB, NRSV, NLT) or “righteous” (NASB).