Deuteronomy 16:19
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19 (A)You shall not pervert justice. (B)You shall not show partiality, (C)and you shall not accept a bribe, for a bribe blinds the eyes of the wise and subverts the cause of the righteous.
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1 Samuel 8:3
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3 Yet his sons did not walk in his ways (A)but turned aside after gain. (B)They took bribes and perverted justice.
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2 Chronicles 19:7
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7 Now then, let the fear of the Lord be upon you. Be careful what you do, for (A)there is no injustice with the Lord our God, (B)or partiality or taking bribes.”
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Psalm 26:10
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10 in whose hands are evil devices,
and whose right hands are full of (A)bribes.
Proverbs 17:23
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Footnotes
- Proverbs 17:23 Hebrew a bribe from the bosom
Isaiah 1:23
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23 Your princes are rebels
and companions of thieves.
Everyone (A)loves a bribe
and runs after gifts.
(B)They do not bring justice to the fatherless,
and the widow's cause does not come to them.
Isaiah 5:23
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23 who (A)acquit the guilty for a bribe,
and deprive the innocent of his right!
Isaiah 33:15
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15 (A)He 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
(B)and shuts his eyes from looking on evil,
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