Exo 23:8, Deu 16:19, 1Sa 8:3, 12:3-4, Pro 30:15-16, Amo 5:12, Mic 3:11 | 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 .

q[See ver. 10 above]

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 12:3-4

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.” 4 They said, “You have not defrauded us or oppressed us or taken anything from any man’s hand.”

Proverbs 30:15-16

15 The leech has two daughters:
Give and Give. ^{▼▼Or “ Give, give,” they cry}
^kThree things are never satisfied;
^lfour never say, “Enough”:
16 ^mSheol, ⁿthe barren womb,
the land never satisfied with water,
and the fire that never says, “Enough.”

Amos 5:12

12 For I know how many are your transgressions
and how great are your sins—
you who afflict the righteous, who ^otake a bribe,
and ^pturn aside the needy ^qin the gate.

Micah 3:11

11 ^rIts heads give judgment for a bribe;
^sits priests teach for a price;
^tits prophets practice divination for money;
^uyet they lean on the Lord and ^vsay,
“Is not the Lord in the midst of us?
^wNo disaster shall come upon us.”