Exo 23:8 And you shall take no bribe, for a bribe blinds the clear-sighted and subverts the cause of those who are in the right.
Deu 10:17 For the Lord your God is God of gods and Lord of lords, the great, the mighty, and the awesome God, who is not partial and takes no bribe.
Deu 16:19 You shall not pervert justice. You shall not show partiality, and you shall not accept a bribe, for a bribe blinds the eyes of the wise and subverts the cause of the righteous.
Deu 27:25 “‘Cursed be anyone who takes a bribe to shed innocent blood.’ And all the people shall say, ‘Amen.’
1Sa 8:3 Yet his sons did not walk in his ways but turned aside after gain. They took bribes and perverted justice.
1Ki 15:19 “Let there be a covenant between me and you, as there was between my father and your father. Behold, I am sending to you a present of silver and gold. Go, break your covenant with Baasha king of Israel, that he may withdraw from me.”
2Ki 16:8 Ahaz also took the silver and gold that was found in the house of the Lord and in the treasures of the king’s house and sent a present to the king of Assyria.
2Ch 19:7 Now then, let the fear of the Lord be upon you. Be careful what you do, for there is no injustice with the Lord our God, or partiality or taking bribes.”
Job 15:34 For the company of the godless is barren,
and fire consumes the tents of bribery.
and fire consumes the tents of bribery.
Psa 15:5 who does not put out his money at interest
and does not take a bribe against the innocent.
He who does these things shall never be moved.
and does not take a bribe against the innocent.
He who does these things shall never be moved.
Psa 26:10 in whose hands are evil devices,
and whose right hands are full of bribes.
and whose right hands are full of bribes.
Pro 6:35 He will accept no compensation;
he will refuse though you multiply gifts.
he will refuse though you multiply gifts.
Pro 17:8 A bribe is like a magic stone in the eyes of the one who gives it;
wherever he turns he prospers.
wherever he turns he prospers.
Pro 17:23 The wicked accepts a bribe in secret
to pervert the ways of justice.
to pervert the ways of justice.
Pro 21:14 A gift in secret averts anger,
and a concealed bribe, strong wrath.
and a concealed bribe, strong wrath.
Isa 1:23 Your princes are rebels
and companions of thieves.
Everyone loves a bribe
and runs after gifts.
They do not bring justice to the fatherless,
and the widow’s cause does not come to them.
and companions of thieves.
Everyone loves a bribe
and runs after gifts.
They do not bring justice to the fatherless,
and the widow’s cause does not come to them.
Isa 5:23 who acquit the guilty for a bribe,
and deprive the innocent of his right!
and deprive the innocent of his right!
Isa 33:15 He who walks righteously and speaks uprightly,
who despises the gain of oppressions,
who shakes his hands, lest they hold a bribe,
who stops his ears from hearing of bloodshed
and shuts his eyes from looking on evil,
who despises the gain of oppressions,
who shakes his hands, lest they hold a bribe,
who stops his ears from hearing of bloodshed
and shuts his eyes from looking on evil,
Isa 45:13 I have stirred him up in righteousness,
and I will make all his ways level;
he shall build my city
and set my exiles free,
not for price or reward,”
says the Lord of hosts.
and I will make all his ways level;
he shall build my city
and set my exiles free,
not for price or reward,”
says the Lord of hosts.
Eze 22:12 In you they take bribes to shed blood; you take interest and profit and make gain of your neighbors by extortion; but me you have forgotten, declares the Lord God.
Mic 3:11 Its heads give judgment for a bribe;
its priests teach for a price;
its prophets practice divination for money;
yet they lean on the Lord and say,
“Is not the Lord in the midst of us?
No disaster shall come upon us.”
its priests teach for a price;
its prophets practice divination for money;
yet they lean on the Lord and say,
“Is not the Lord in the midst of us?
No disaster shall come upon us.”
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