Deuteronomy 16:19
English Standard Version
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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Deuteronomy 16:19
New International Version
19 Do not pervert justice(A) or show partiality.(B) Do not accept a bribe,(C) for a bribe blinds the eyes of the wise and twists the words of the innocent.
Deuteronomy 16:19
King James Version
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.
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Exodus 23:7-8
English Standard Version
7 (A)Keep far from a false charge, and (B)do not kill the innocent and righteous, for (C)I will not acquit the wicked. 8 (D)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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Exodus 23:7-8
King James Version
7 Keep thee far from a false matter; and the innocent and righteous slay thou not: for I will not justify the wicked.
8 And thou shalt take no gift: for the gift blindeth the wise, and perverteth the words of the righteous.
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Ezekiel 22:12
English Standard Version
12 In you (A)they take bribes to shed blood; (B)you take interest and profit[a] and make gain of your neighbors by extortion; but (C)me you have forgotten, declares the Lord God.
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- Ezekiel 22:12 That is, profit that comes from charging interest to the poor (compare Leviticus 25:36)
Ezekiel 22:12
King James Version
12 In thee have they taken gifts to shed blood; thou hast taken usury and increase, and thou hast greedily gained of thy neighbours by extortion, and hast forgotten me, saith the Lord God.
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