Isa 1:23, Jer 8:10, Eze 22:27, Hos 4:18, Amo 5:12, Mic 3:11, Mat 26:15 | 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.

l[See ver. 10 above]

m ch. 7:3; Isa. 1:23

nSee Jer. 6:13

o[ver. 5; Ezek. 22:25]

p Isa. 48:2

q Jer. 7:4; [Amos 5:14]

r[Jer. 23:17; Amos 9:10]

s Zech. 11:12; [Gen. 23:16; Jer. 32:9]

t ch. 27:3, 9; Ex. 21:32

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.

Jeremiah 8:10

10 ^cTherefore I will give their wives to others
and their fields to conquerors,
because from the least to the greatest
everyone ^dis greedy for unjust gain;
from prophet to priest,
everyone deals falsely.

Ezekiel 22:27

27 ^eHer princes in her midst are like wolves ^ftearing the prey, ^gshedding blood, destroying lives to get dishonest gain.

Hosea 4:18

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

Amos 5:12

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

Micah 3:11

11 ^mIts heads give judgment for a bribe;
ⁿits priests teach for a price;
^oits prophets practice divination for money;
^pyet they lean on the Lord and ^qsay,
“Is not the Lord in the midst of us?
^rNo disaster shall come upon us.”

Matthew 26:15

15 and said, “What will you give me if I deliver him over to you?” And they ^spaid him ^tthirty pieces of silver.