Exodus 23:8

Neither shalt thou take bribes, which even blind the wise, and pervert the words of the just.

Douay-Rheims 1899

In The King James Version

And thou shalt take no gift: for the gift blindeth the wise, and perverteth the words of the righteous.

In Context

7Thou shalt fly lying. The innocent and just person thou shalt not put to death: because I abhor the wicked.

9Thou shalt not molest a stranger, for you know the hearts of strangers: for you also were strangers in the land of Egypt.

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Cross References

Deuteronomy 10:17Because the Lord your God he is the God of gods, and the Lord of lords, a great God and mighty and terrible, a who accepteth no person nor taketh bribes.

1 Samuel 8:3And his sons walked not in his ways: but they turned aside after lucre, and took bribes, and perverted judgment.

Psalms 26:10In whose hands are iniquities: their right hand is filled with gifts.

Proverbs 17:8The expectation of him that expecteth, is a most acceptable jewel: whithersoever he turneth himself, he understandeth wisely.

Proverbs 19:4Riches make many friends: but from the poor man, even they whom he had, depart.

Isaiah 1:13Offer sacrifice no more in vain: incense is an abomination tome. The new moons, and the sabbaths, and other festivals I will not abide, your assemblies are wicked.

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 →

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