1Sa 8:3, Psa 26:9-10, Isa 1:23, 33:15, Mic 3:11, 7:3 | ESV | STEP | Yet his sons did not walk in his ways but turned aside after gain . They took bribes and perverted justice .

1 Samuel 8:3

3 Yet his sons did not walk in his ways ^abut turned aside after gain. ^bThey took bribes and perverted justice.

Psalms 26:9-10

9 ^cDo not sweep my soul away with sinners,
nor my life with bloodthirsty men,
10 in whose hands are evil devices,
and whose right hands are full of ^dbribes.

Isaiah 1:23

23 Your princes are rebels
and companions of thieves.
Everyone ^eloves a bribe
and runs after gifts.
^fThey do not bring justice to the fatherless,
and the widow’s cause does not come to them.

Isaiah 33:15

15 ^gHe 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
^hand shuts his eyes from looking on evil,

Micah 3:11

11 ⁱIts heads give judgment for a bribe;
^jits priests teach for a price;
^kits prophets practice divination for money;
^lyet they lean on the Lord and ^msay,
“Is not the Lord in the midst of us?
ⁿNo disaster shall come upon us.”

Micah 7:3

3 ^oTheir hands are on what is evil, to do it well;
^pthe prince and ^qthe judge ask for a bribe,
and the great man utters the evil desire of his soul;
thus they weave it together.