Exodus 23:8

Take thou not yiftis, that blynden also prudent men, and destryen the wordys of iust men.

Bible (Wycliffe)

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 schalt fle a lesyng. Thou schalt not sle an innocent man, and iust; for Y am aduersarie to a wickid man.

9Thou schalt not be diseseful to a pilgrym, for ye knowen the soulis of comelyngis, for also ye weren pilgryms in the lond of Egipt.

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Cross References

Deuteronomy 10:17For youre Lord God hym silf is God of goddis, and Lord of lordis, `God greet, and miyti, and feerdful, which takith not persoone, nether yiftis.

Psalms 26:10For my fadir and my modir han forsake me; but the Lord hath take me.

Proverbs 17:8A preciouse stoon moost acceptable is the abiding of hym that sekith; whidur euere he turneth hym silf, he vndurstondith prudentli.

Proverbs 19:4Richessis encreessen ful many freendis; forsothe also thei ben departid fro a pore man, whiche he hadde.

Isaiah 1:13Offre ye no more sacrifice in veyn; encense is abhomynacioun to me; Y schal not suffre neomenye, and sabat, and othere feestis.

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