Exo 23:8, Deu 16:19, 1Sa 8:3, 12:3, Pro 17:8, 18:16, 21:14, Isa 1:23 | 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 16:19

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

3 Yet his sons did not walk in his ways ^ebut turned aside after gain. ^fThey took bribes and perverted justice.

1 Samuel 12:3

3 Here 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 17:8

8 ^jA bribe is like a magic stone in the eyes of the one who gives it;
wherever he turns he prospers.

Proverbs 18:16

16 A man’s ^kgift makes room for him
and brings him before the great.

Proverbs 21:14

14 ^lA gift in secret averts anger,
and a concealed bribe, ^{▼▼Hebrew a bribe in the bosom} strong wrath.

Isaiah 1:23

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