Exodus 23:8
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8 You must not take a bribe,(A) for a bribe blinds the clear-sighted and corrupts the words[a] of the righteous.
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- 23:8 Or and subverts the cause
Deuteronomy 10:17
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17 For the Lord your God is the God of gods(A) and Lord of lords,(B) the great, mighty, and awe-inspiring God, showing no partiality and taking no bribe.(C)
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Deuteronomy 27:25
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25 ‘The one who accepts a bribe to kill an innocent person is cursed.’
And all the people will say, ‘Amen!’
1 Samuel 12:3
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3 Here I am. Bring charges against me before the Lord and his anointed: Whose ox or donkey have I taken?(A) Who have I wronged or mistreated? Who gave me a bribe to overlook something?[a](B) I will return it to you.”
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- 12:3 LXX reads bribe or a pair of shoes? Testify against me.
2 Chronicles 19:7
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7 And now, may the terror of the Lord be on you. Watch what you do, for there is no injustice or partiality or taking bribes with the Lord our God.”(A)
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Psalm 15:5
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5 who does not lend his silver at interest(A)
or take a bribe against the innocent(B)—
the one who does these things will never be shaken.(C)
Proverbs 17:23
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Isaiah 33:15
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15 The one who lives righteously
and speaks rightly,(A)
who refuses profit from extortion,
whose hand never takes a bribe,
who stops his ears from listening to murderous plots
and shuts his eyes against evil schemes(B)—
Ezekiel 22:12
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12 People who live in you accept bribes in order to shed blood.(A) You take interest and profit on a loan and brutally extort your neighbors.(B) You have forgotten me.(C) This is the declaration of the Lord God.
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Amos 5:12
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12 For I know your crimes are many
and your sins innumerable.
They oppress the righteous,(A) take a bribe,
and deprive the poor of justice(B) at the city gates.
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