Exo 23:8, Deu 16:19, Pro 17:23, Isa 33:15, Jer 22:17, Eze 22:12, Hos 4:18 | 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.

Proverbs 17:23

23 The wicked accepts ^ea bribe in secret ^{▼▼Hebrew a bribe from the bosom}
to ^gpervert the ways of justice.

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,

Jeremiah 22:17

17 But you have eyes and heart
only for your dishonest gain,
^jfor shedding innocent blood,
and for practicing oppression and violence.”

Ezekiel 22:12

12 In you ^kthey take bribes to shed blood; ^lyou take interest and profit ^{▼▼That is, profit that comes from charging interest to the poor (compare Leviticus 25:36)} and make gain of your neighbors by extortion; but ⁿme you have forgotten, declares the Lord God.

Hosea 4:18

18 When their drink is gone, they give themselves to whoring;
^otheir rulers ^{▼▼Hebrew shields} dearly love shame.