Exodus 18:21
21Moreover, look for aable men from all the people, men who fear God, who are trustworthy and hate a bribe, and place such men over the people as chiefs of thousands, of hundreds, of fifties, and of tens.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.Psalms 15:5
5who edoes not put out his money at interestand fdoes not take a bribe against the innocent.
He who does these things shall never be gmoved.
Psalms 26:10
10in whose hands are evil devices,and whose right hands are full of hbribes.
Isaiah 33:15
15 iHe 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
jand shuts his eyes from looking on evil,
1 Timothy 3:3
3not a drunkard, not violent but kgentle, not quarrelsome, lnot a lover of money.1 Timothy 6:10
10For the love of money is a root of mall kinds of evils. It is through this craving that some have wandered away from the faith and pierced themselves with many pangs.
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