Exo 23:8, Deu 19:15, 2Sa 14:10-11, Pro 18:13, 17, 19:2 | 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 19:15

Laws Concerning Witnesses

15 “A single witness shall not suffice against a person for any crime or for any wrong in connection with any offense that he has committed. ^bOnly on the evidence of two witnesses or of three witnesses shall a charge be established.

2 Samuel 14:10-11

10 The king said, “If anyone says anything to you, bring him to me, and he shall never touch you again.” 11 Then she said, “Please let the king invoke the Lord your God, that ^cthe avenger of blood kill no more, and my son be not destroyed.” He said, ^d“As the Lord lives, ^enot one hair of your son shall fall to the ground.”

Proverbs 18:13

13 If one gives an answer ^fbefore he hears,
it is his folly and shame.

Proverbs 18:17

17 The one who states his case first seems right,
until the other comes and examines him.

Proverbs 19:2

2 Desire ^{▼▼Or A soul} without knowledge is not good,
and whoever ^hmakes haste with his feet misses his way.