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 16:19
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.1 Samuel 8:3
3Yet his sons did not walk in his ways ebut turned aside after gain. fThey took bribes and perverted justice.1 Samuel 12:3
3Here I am; testify against me before the Lord and before ghis anointed. hWhose ox have I taken? Or whose donkey have I taken? Or whom have I defrauded? Whom have I oppressed? Or from whose hand have I taken a bribe to blind my eyes with it? Testify against me ▼▼Septuagint; Hebrew lacks Testify against me
and I will restore it to you.” Proverbs 17:23
23The wicked accepts ja bribe in secret ▼▼Hebrew a bribe from the bosom
to lpervert the ways of justice.
Isaiah 1:23
23Your princes are rebelsand companions of thieves.
Everyone mloves a bribe
and runs after gifts.
nThey do not bring justice to the fatherless,
and the widow’s cause does not come to them.
Isaiah 33:15
15 oHe 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
pand shuts his eyes from looking on evil,
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