Genesis 37:26
26Then Judah said to his brothers, “What profit is it aif we kill our brother and conceal his blood?Exodus 18:21
21Moreover, look for bable men from all the people, men who fear God, who are trustworthy and hate a bribe, and place such men over the people as chiefs of thousands, of hundreds, of fifties, and of tens.1 Samuel 8:3
3Yet his sons did not walk in his ways cbut turned aside after gain. dThey took bribes and perverted justice.Proverbs 15:27
27Whoever is egreedy for unjust gain ftroubles his own household,but he who hates gbribes will live.
Jeremiah 6:13
13 h“For from the least to the greatest of them,everyone iis greedy for unjust gain;
and from jprophet to priest,
everyone deals falsely.
Ezekiel 22:27
27 kHer princes in her midst are like wolves ltearing the prey, mshedding blood, destroying lives to get dishonest gain.Habakkuk 2:9
9 n“Woe to him who gets evil gain for his house,oto pset his nest on high,
to be safe from the reach of harm!
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