Exo 23:7-8, Deu 16:19, 27:25, Isa 1:23, Mic 7:2-3, Zep 3:3-4 | ESV | STEP | Keep far from a false charge , and do not kill the innocent and righteous , for I will not acquit the wicked .

a[See ver. 1 above]

Exodus 23:7-8

7 ^aKeep far from a false charge, and ^bdo not kill the innocent and righteous, for ^cI will not acquit the wicked. 8 ^dAnd 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 ^eYou shall not pervert justice. ^fYou shall not show partiality, ^gand you shall not accept a bribe, for a bribe blinds the eyes of the wise and subverts the cause of the righteous.

Deuteronomy 27:25

25 ^h“‘Cursed be anyone who takes a bribe to shed innocent blood.’ And all the people shall say, ‘Amen.’

Isaiah 1:23

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

Micah 7:2-3

2 ^kThe godly has perished from the earth,
and ^lthere is no one upright among mankind;
^mthey all lie in wait for blood,
and ⁿeach hunts the other with a net.
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.

Zephaniah 3:3-4

3 ^rHer officials within her
are roaring lions;
her judges are ^sevening wolves
that leave nothing till the morning.
4 ^tHer prophets are fickle, treacherous men;
^uher priests ^vprofane what is holy;
they do violence to the law.