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Exodus 23:8
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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
Exodus 23:8
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Exodus 23:8
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8 “Do not accept a bribe,(A) for a bribe blinds those who see and twists the words of the innocent.
Exodus 23:8
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Exodus 23:8
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8 And thou shalt take no gift: for the gift blindeth the wise, and perverteth the words of the righteous.
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Deuteronomy 10:17
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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 10:17
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Deuteronomy 10:17
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17 For the Lord your God is God of gods, and Lord of lords, a great God, a mighty, and a terrible, which regardeth not persons, nor taketh reward:
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Deuteronomy 27:25
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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!’
Deuteronomy 27:25
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Deuteronomy 27:25
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25 “Cursed is anyone who accepts a bribe to kill an innocent person.”(A)
Then all the people shall say, “Amen!”
Deuteronomy 27:25
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Deuteronomy 27:25
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25 Cursed be he that taketh reward to slay an innocent person. And all the people shall say, Amen.
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1 Samuel 12:3
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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.
1 Samuel 12:3
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1 Samuel 12:3
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3 Here I stand. Testify against me in the presence of the Lord and his anointed.(A) Whose ox have I taken? Whose donkey(B) have I taken? Whom have I cheated? Whom have I oppressed? From whose hand have I accepted a bribe(C) to make me shut my eyes? If I have done(D) any of these things, I will make it right.”(E)
1 Samuel 12:3
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1 Samuel 12:3
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3 Behold, here I am: witness against me before the Lord, and before his anointed: whose ox have I taken? or whose ass have I taken? or whom have I defrauded? whom have I oppressed? or of whose hand have I received any bribe to blind mine eyes therewith? and I will restore it you.
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2 Chronicles 19:7
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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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2 Chronicles 19:7
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2 Chronicles 19:7
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7 Now let the fear of the Lord be on you. Judge carefully, for with the Lord our God there is no injustice(A) or partiality(B) or bribery.”
2 Chronicles 19:7
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2 Chronicles 19:7
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7 Wherefore now let the fear of the Lord be upon you; take heed and do it: for there is no iniquity with the Lord our God, nor respect of persons, nor taking of gifts.
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Psalm 15:5
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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)
Psalm 15:5
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Psalm 15:5
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5 who lends money to the poor without interest;(A)
who does not accept a bribe(B) against the innocent.
Whoever does these things
will never be shaken.(C)
Psalm 15:5
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Psalm 15:5
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5 He that putteth not out his money to usury, nor taketh reward against the innocent. He that doeth these things shall never be moved.
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Proverbs 17:23
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Proverbs 17:23
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Proverbs 17:23
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Proverbs 17:23
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Proverbs 17:23
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Proverbs 17:23
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23 A wicked man taketh a gift out of the bosom to pervert the ways of judgment.
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Isaiah 33:15
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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)—
Isaiah 33:15
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Isaiah 33:15
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15 He that walketh righteously, and speaketh uprightly; he that despiseth the gain of oppressions, that shaketh his hands from holding of bribes, that stoppeth his ears from hearing of blood, and shutteth his eyes from seeing evil;
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Ezekiel 22:12
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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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Ezekiel 22:12
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Ezekiel 22:12
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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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