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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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  1. 23:8 Or and subverts the cause
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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.

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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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Exodus 23:8
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8 And (A)you shall take no bribe, for a bribe blinds the discerning and perverts the words of the righteous.

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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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17 For the Lord your God is God of gods(A) and Lord of lords,(B) the great God, mighty and awesome,(C) who shows no partiality(D) and accepts no bribes.(E)

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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 10:17
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17 For the Lord your God is (A)God of gods and (B)Lord of lords, the great God, (C)mighty and awesome, who (D)shows no partiality nor takes a bribe.

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Deuteronomy 9
Deuteronomy 11
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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!’

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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!”

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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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Deuteronomy 27:25
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25 (A)‘Cursed is the one who takes a bribe to slay an innocent person.’

“And all the people shall say, ‘Amen!’

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Deuteronomy 26
Deuteronomy 28
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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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  1. 12:3 LXX reads bribe or a pair of shoes? Testify against me.
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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)

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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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1 Samuel 12:3
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3 Here I am. Witness against me before the Lord and before (A)His anointed: (B)Whose ox have I taken, or whose donkey have I taken, or whom have I cheated? Whom have I oppressed, or from whose hand have I received any (C)bribe with which to (D)blind my eyes? I will restore it to you.”

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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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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.”

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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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2 Chronicles 19:7
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7 Now therefore, let the fear of the Lord be upon you; take care and do it, for (A)there is no iniquity with the Lord our God, no (B)partiality, nor taking of bribes.”

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2 Chronicles 18
2 Chronicles 20
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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)

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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)

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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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Psalm 15:5
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5 He who does not put out his money at usury,
Nor does he take a bribe against the innocent.

He who does these things (A)shall never be moved.

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Psalm 14
Psalm 16
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Proverbs 17:23
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23 A wicked person secretly takes a bribe(A)
to subvert the course of justice.(B)

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Proverbs 17:23
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23 The wicked accept bribes(A) in secret
    to pervert the course of justice.(B)

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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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Proverbs 17:23
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23 A wicked man accepts a bribe [a]behind the back
To pervert the ways of justice.

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  1. Proverbs 17:23 Under cover, lit. from the bosom
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