Exodus 23:8
New International Version
8 “Do not accept a bribe,(A) for a bribe blinds those who see and twists the words of the innocent.
Exodus 23:8
King James Version
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
King James Version
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
New International Version
25 “Cursed is anyone who accepts a bribe to kill an innocent person.”(A)
Then all the people shall say, “Amen!”
Deuteronomy 27:25
King James Version
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
New International Version
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
King James Version
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
New International Version
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
King James Version
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
New International Version
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
King James Version
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
New International Version
Proverbs 17:23
King James Version
23 A wicked man taketh a gift out of the bosom to pervert the ways of judgment.
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Isaiah 33:15
King James Version
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
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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Amos 5:12
New International Version
12 For I know how many are your offenses
and how great your sins.(A)
Amos 5:12
King James Version
12 For I know your manifold transgressions and your mighty sins: they afflict the just, they take a bribe, and they turn aside the poor in the gate from their right.
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