Exo 23:8, Deu 16:18-19, Isa 1:23, 33:15, Mic 7:3 | ESV | STEP | And you shall take no bribe , for a bribe blinds the clear-sighted and subverts the cause of those who are in the right .

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 16:18-19

Justice

18 “You shall appoint ^bjudges and officers in all your towns that the Lord your God is giving you, according to your tribes, and they shall judge the people with righteous judgment. 19 ^cYou shall not pervert justice. ^dYou shall not show partiality, ^eand you shall not accept a bribe, for a bribe blinds the eyes of the wise and subverts the cause of the righteous.

Isaiah 1:23

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

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.