(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

19 (A)You shall not distort justice, (B)you shall not [a]show partiality; and (C)you shall not accept a bribe, because a bribe blinds the eyes of the wise and distorts the words of the righteous.

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  1. Deuteronomy 16:19 Lit recognize faces

Here I am; testify against me before the Lord and (A)His anointed. (B)Whose ox have I taken, or whose donkey have I taken, or whom have I exploited? Whom have I oppressed, or (C)from whose hand have I taken a bribe to close my eyes with it? I will return it to you.”

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15 One who (A)walks righteously and speaks with integrity,
One who rejects [a]unjust gain
And shakes his hands so that they hold no bribe;
One who stops his ears from hearing about bloodshed
And (B)shuts his eyes from looking at evil;

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  1. Isaiah 33:15 Lit gain of extortioners

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