Exodus 23:8
Neither shall you accept bribes, which blind even the prudent and subvert the words of the just.
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In Context
7You shall flee from lies. The innocent and the just you shall not kill. For I shun the impious.
Cross References
Deuteronomy 10:17For the Lord your God himself is the God of gods, and the Lord of lords, a God great and powerful and terrible, who favors no person and accepts no bribe.
1 Samuel 8:3But his sons did not walk in his ways. Instead, they turned aside, pursuing avarice. And they accepted bribes, and they perverted judgment.
Psalms 26:10For my father and my mother have left me behind, but the Lord has taken me up.
Proverbs 17:8The expectation of those who stand ready is a most pleasing jewel. Whichever way he turns himself, he understands prudently.
Proverbs 19:4Riches add many friends. But from the pauper, even those whom he had become separated.
Isaiah 1:13You should no longer offer sacrifice in vain. Incense is an abomination to me. The new moons and the Sabbaths and the other feast days, I will not receive. Your gatherings are iniquitous.
Matthew Henry on Exodus 23:2-10
Judicial Laws. ( b. c. 1491.) 1 Thou shalt not raise a false report: put not thine hand with the wicked to be an unrighteous witness. 2 Thou shalt not follow a multitude to do evil; neither shalt thou speak in a cause to decline after many to wrest judgment: 3 Neither shalt thou countenance a poor man in his cause. 4 If thou meet thine enemy's ox or his ass going astray, thou shalt surely bring it back to him again. 5 If thou see the ass of him that hateth thee lying under his burden, and wouldest forbear to help… Read the whole commentary →