Exo 23:7-8, Deu 16:19, Isa 33:15, Mic 7:3, Mat 26:15, 27:3-5 | 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.

Isaiah 33:15

15 ^hHe 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
ⁱand shuts his eyes from looking on evil,

Micah 7:3

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

Matthew 26:15

15 and said, “What will you give me if I deliver him over to you?” And they ^mpaid him ⁿthirty pieces of silver.

Matthew 27:3-5

Judas Hangs Himself

3 Then when ^oJudas, his betrayer, saw that Jesus ^{▼▼Greek he} was condemned, ^qhe changed his mind and brought back ^rthe thirty pieces of silver to the chief priests and the elders, 4 saying, “I have sinned by betraying innocent blood.” They said, “What is that to us? ^sSee to it yourself.” 5 And throwing down the pieces of silver into the temple, ^the departed, and he went and hanged himself.