Pro 17:23, Ecc 7:7, Isa 1:17, 23, 33:15, Jer 5:28, Eze 22:12, Mic 7:3 | ESV | STEP | The wicked accepts a bribe in secret to pervert the ways of justice .

Proverbs 17:23

23 The wicked accepts ^aa bribe in secret ^{▼▼Hebrew a bribe from the bosom}
to ^cpervert the ways of justice.

Ecclesiastes 7:7

7 Surely ^doppression drives the wise into madness,
and ^ea bribe corrupts the heart.

Isaiah 1:17

17 learn to do good;
^fseek justice,
correct oppression;
^gbring justice to the fatherless,
plead the widow’s cause.

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.

Isaiah 33:15

15 ^jHe who walks righteously and speaks uprightly,
who despises the gain of oppressions,
who shakes his hands, lest they hold a bribe,
who stops his ears from hearing of bloodshed
^kand shuts his eyes from looking on evil,

Jeremiah 5:28

28 ^lthey have grown fat and sleek.
They know no bounds in deeds of evil;
^mthey judge not with justice
the cause of the fatherless, to make it prosper,
and they do not defend the rights of the needy.

Ezekiel 22:12

12 In you ⁿthey take bribes to shed blood; ^oyou 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 ^qme you have forgotten, declares the Lord God.

Micah 7:3

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