(A)You shall not take a bribe, for a bribe blinds the clear-sighted and [a]subverts the cause of the just.

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  1. Exodus 23:8 Or distorts the words

“Do not accept a bribe,(A) for a bribe blinds those who see and twists the words of the innocent.

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23 A wicked person accepts a (A)bribe [a]from an inside pocket
To (B)pervert the ways of justice.

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  1. Proverbs 17:23 Lit a fold in a robe; i.e., secretly

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

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For (A)oppression makes a wise person look foolish,
And a (B)bribe [a]corrupts the heart.

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  1. Ecclesiastes 7:7 Lit destroys

Extortion turns a wise person into a fool,
    and a bribe(A) corrupts the heart.

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