Num 16:15, 1Sa 8:3, 12:3-4, Isa 1:23, Eze 22:12, 27, Hos 4:18, Mic 7:3 | ESV | STEP | And Moses was very angry and said to the Lord , Do not respect their offering . I have not taken one donkey from them, and I have not harmed one of them.

Numbers 16:15

15 And Moses was very angry and said to the Lord, ^a“Do not respect their offering. ^bI have not taken one donkey from them, and I have not harmed one of them.”

1 Samuel 8:3

3 Yet his sons did not walk in his ways ^cbut turned aside after gain. ^dThey took bribes and perverted justice.

1 Samuel 12:3-4

3 Here I am; testify against me before the Lord and before ^ehis anointed. ^fWhose ox have I taken? Or whose donkey have I taken? Or whom have I defrauded? Whom have I oppressed? Or from whose hand have I taken a bribe to blind my eyes with it? Testify against me ^{▼▼Septuagint; Hebrew lacks Testify against me} and I will restore it to you.” 4 They said, “You have not defrauded us or oppressed us or taken anything from any man’s hand.”

Isaiah 1:23

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

Ezekiel 22:12

12 In you ^jthey take bribes to shed blood; ^kyou 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 ^mme you have forgotten, declares the Lord God.

Ezekiel 22:27

27 ⁿHer princes in her midst are like wolves ^otearing the prey, ^pshedding blood, destroying lives to get dishonest gain.

Hosea 4:18

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

Micah 7:3

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