Bribery: General Scriptures Concerning
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Exodus 23:8
Do not accept a bribe, for a bribe blinds those who see and twists the words of the righteous.
Deuteronomy 16:18, 19
You are to appoint judges and officials for your tribes in every town that the LORD your God is giving you. They are to judge the people with righteous judgment. / Do not deny justice or show partiality. Do not accept a bribe, for a bribe blinds the eyes of the wise and twists the words of the righteous.
Deuteronomy 27:25
‘Cursed is he who accepts a bribe to kill an innocent person.’ And let all the people say, ‘Amen!’
1 Samuel 8:1, 3
When Samuel grew old, he appointed his sons as judges over Israel. / But his sons did not walk in his ways; they turned aside toward dishonest gain, accepting bribes and perverting justice.
Job 15:34
For the company of the godless will be barren, and fire will consume the tents of bribery.
Psalm 26:9, 10
Do not take my soul away with sinners, or my life with men of bloodshed, / in whose hands are wicked schemes, whose right hands are full of bribes.
Proverbs 15:27
He who is greedy for unjust gain brings trouble on his household, but he who hates bribes will live.
Proverbs 17:8, 23
A bribe is a charm to its giver; wherever he turns, he succeeds. / A wicked man takes a covert bribe to subvert the course of justice.
Proverbs 18:16
A man’s gift opens doors for him, and brings him before great men.
Proverbs 21:14
A gift in secret soothes anger, and a covert bribe pacifies great wrath.
Proverbs 25:14
Like clouds and wind without rain is the man who boasts of gifts never given.
Proverbs 28:21
To show partiality is not good, yet a man will do wrong for a piece of bread.
Proverbs 29:4
By justice a king brings stability to the land, but a man who exacts tribute demolishes it.
Ecclesiastes 7:7
Surely extortion turns a wise man into a fool, and a bribe corrupts the heart.
Isaiah 1:23
Your rulers are rebels, friends of thieves. They all love bribes and chasing after rewards. They do not defend the fatherless, and the plea of the widow never comes before them.
Isaiah 5:22, 23
Woe to those who are heroes in drinking wine and champions in mixing strong drink, / who acquit the guilty for a bribe and deprive the innocent of justice.
Isaiah 33:15, 16
He who walks righteously and speaks with sincerity, who refuses gain from extortion, whose hand never takes a bribe, who stops his ears against murderous plots and shuts his eyes tightly against evil— / he will dwell on the heights; the mountain fortress will be his refuge; his food will be provided and his water assured.
Ezekiel 13:19
You have profaned Me among My people for handfuls of barley and scraps of bread. By lying to My people who would listen, you have killed those who should not have died and spared those who should not have lived.
Ezekiel 22:12, 13
In you they take bribes to shed blood. You engage in usury, take excess interest, and extort your neighbors. But Me you have forgotten, declares the Lord GOD. / Now look, I strike My hands together against your unjust gain and against the blood you have shed in your midst.
Amos 2:6
This is what the LORD says: “For three transgressions of Israel, even four, I will not revoke My judgment, because they sell the righteous for silver and the needy for a pair of sandals.
Amos 5:12
For I know that your transgressions are many and your sins are numerous. You oppress the righteous by taking bribes; you deprive the poor of justice in the gate.
Micah 7:3
Both hands are skilled at evil; the prince and the judge demand a bribe. When the powerful utters his evil desire, they all conspire together.