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(A)Their hands are on what is evil, to do it well;
    (B)the prince and (C)the judge ask for a bribe,
and the great man utters the evil desire of his soul;
    thus they weave it together.

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Both hands are skilled in doing evil;(A)
    the ruler demands gifts,
the judge accepts bribes,(B)
    the powerful dictate what they desire—
    they all conspire together.

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(A)And you shall take no bribe, for a bribe blinds the clear-sighted and subverts the cause of those who are in the right.

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“Do not accept a bribe,(A) for a bribe blinds those who see and twists the words of the innocent.

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