Exodus 23:8
8 aAnd you shall take no bribe, for a bribe blinds the clear-sighted and subverts the cause of those who are in the right.Deuteronomy 16:19
19 bYou shall not pervert justice. cYou shall not show partiality, dand you shall not accept a bribe, for a bribe blinds the eyes of the wise and subverts the cause of the righteous.1 Samuel 8:3
3Yet his sons did not walk in his ways ebut turned aside after gain. fThey took bribes and perverted justice.1 Samuel 12:3-4
3Here I am; testify against me before the Lord and before ghis anointed. hWhose ox have I taken? Or whose donkey have I taken? Or whom have I defrauded? Whom have I oppressed? Or from whose hand have I taken a bribe to blind my eyes with it? Testify against me ▼▼Septuagint; Hebrew lacks Testify against me
and I will restore it to you.” 4They said, “You have not defrauded us or oppressed us or taken anything from any man’s hand.” Proverbs 30:15-16
15 The leech has two daughters:Give and Give. ▼
▼Or “ Give, give,” they cry
kThree things are never satisfied;
lfour never say, “Enough”:
16 mSheol, nthe barren womb,
the land never satisfied with water,
and the fire that never says, “Enough.”
Amos 5:12
12For I know how many are your transgressionsand how great are your sins—
you who afflict the righteous, who otake a bribe,
and pturn aside the needy qin the gate.
Micah 3:11
11 rIts heads give judgment for a bribe;sits priests teach for a price;
tits prophets practice divination for money;
uyet they lean on the Lord and vsay,
“Is not the Lord in the midst of us?
wNo disaster shall come upon us.”
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