Bribes
Exodous 23:8 And thou shalt take no gift: for the gift blindeth the wise,
and perverteth the words of the righteous.
Deuteronomy 16:19 Thou shalt not wrest judgment; thou shalt not respect
persons, neither take a gift: for a gift doth blind the eyes of the wise,
and pervert the words of the righteous.
1 Samuel 8:1 And it came to pass, when Samuel was old, that he made his
sons judges over Israel.
2 Now the name of his firstborn was Joel; and the name of his second, Abiah:
they were judges in Beersheba.
3 And his sons walked not in his ways, but turned aside after lucre, and
took bribes, and perverted judgment.
4 Then all the elders of Israel gathered themselves together, and came to
Samuel unto Ramah,
5 And said unto him, Behold, thou art old, and thy sons walk not in thy
ways: now make us a king to judge us like all the nations.
1 Samuel 12:1 And Samuel said unto all Israel, Behold, I have hearkened
unto your voice in all that ye said unto me, and have made a king over you.
2 And now, behold, the king walketh before you: and I am old and grayheaded;
and, behold, my sons are with you: and I have walked before you from my
childhood unto this day.
3 Behold, here I am: witness against me before the LORD, and before his
anointed: whose ox have I taken? or whose ass have I taken? or whom have
I defrauded? whom have I oppressed? or of whose hand have I received any
bribe to blind mine eyes therewith? and I will restore it you.
Job 36:17 But thou hast fulfilled the judgment of the wicked: judgment and
justice take hold on thee.
18 Because there is wrath, beware lest he take thee away with his stroke:
then a great ransom cannot deliver thee.
Proverbs 23:6 Eat thou not the bread of him that hath an evil eye, neither
desire thou his dainty meats:
7 For as he thinketh in his heart, so is he: Eat and drink, saith he to
thee; but his heart is not with thee.
8 The morsel which thou hast eaten shalt thou vomit up, and lose thy sweet
words.
Proverbs 29:4 The king by judgment establisheth the land: but he that receiveth
gifts overthroweth it.
Ecclesiastes 7:7 Surely oppression maketh a wise man mad; and a gift destroyeth
the heart.
Isaiah 1:23 Thy princes are rebellious, and companions of thieves: every
one loveth gifts, and followeth after rewards: they judge not the fatherless,
neither doth the cause of the widow come unto them.
Isaiah 33:14 The sinners in Zion are afraid; fearfulness hath surprised
the hypocrites. Who among us shall dwell with the devouring fire? who among
us shall dwell with everlasting burnings?
15 He that walketh righteously, and speaketh uprightly; he that despiseth
the gain of oppressions, that shaketh his hands from holding of bribes,
that stoppeth his ears from hearing of blood, and shutteth his eyes from
seeing evil;
16 He shall dwell on high: his place of defence shall be the munitions of
rocks: bread shall be given him; his waters shall be sure.
Acts 24:24 And after certain days, when Felix came with his wife Drusilla,
which was a Jewess, he sent for Paul, and heard him concerning the faith
in Christ.
25 And as he reasoned of righteousness, temperance, and judgment to come,
Felix trembled, and answered, Go thy way for this time; when I have a convenient
season, I will call for thee.
26 He hoped also that money should have been given him of Paul, that he
might loose him: wherefore he sent for him the oftener, and communed with
him.
27 But after two years Porcius Festus came into Felix' room: and Felix,
willing to shew the Jews a pleasure, left Paul bound.
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