“If there is a controversy between men, and they come to judgment and the judges judge them, then they shall justify the righteous and condemn the wicked.”

Reading this verse in context

This page shows one verse on its own, which is rarely how it was written. Deuteronomy 25 contains 19 verses, and the sentences either side usually decide what this one means. Read the whole chapter before you quote it.

Text: World English Bible, Protestant edition (engwebp), eBible.org — public domain.