Isa 1:23, 5:23, Jer 5:26-28, Mic 2:11, 7:3, Mat 26:14-16, 59-60 | ESV | STEP | Your princes are rebels and companions of thieves . Everyone loves a bribe and runs after gifts . They do not bring justice to the fatherless , and the widow’s cause does not come to them.

Isaiah 1:23

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

Isaiah 5:23

23 who ^cacquit the guilty for a bribe,
and deprive the innocent of his right!

Jeremiah 5:26-28

26 For wicked men are found among my people;
^dthey lurk like fowlers lying in wait. ^{▼▼The meaning of the Hebrew is uncertain}
^fThey set a trap;
they catch men.
27 Like a cage full of birds,
their houses are full of deceit;
therefore they have become great and rich;
28 ^gthey have grown fat and sleek.
They know no bounds in deeds of evil;
^hthey judge not with justice
the cause of the fatherless, to make it prosper,
and they do not defend the rights of the needy.

Micah 2:11

11 If a man should go about and ⁱutter wind and lies,
saying, “I will preach to you ^jof wine and strong drink,”
he would be the preacher for this people!

Micah 7:3

3 ^kTheir hands are on what is evil, to do it well;
^lthe prince and ^mthe judge ask for a bribe,
and the great man utters the evil desire of his soul;
thus they weave it together.

Matthew 26:14-16

Judas to Betray Jesus

14 ⁿThen one of the twelve, whose name was ^oJudas Iscariot, went to the chief priests 15 and said, “What will you give me if I deliver him over to you?” And they ^ppaid him ^qthirty pieces of silver. 16 And from that moment he sought an opportunity ^rto betray him.

Matthew 26:59-60

59 Now the chief priests and the whole council ^{▼▼Greek Sanhedrin} ^twere seeking false testimony against Jesus that they might put him to death, 60 but they found none, ^uthough many false witnesses came forward. At last ^vtwo came forward