Exodus 23:8
And thou shalt not receive gifts; for gifts blind the eyes of the seeing, and corrupt just words.
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Deuteronomy 10:17For the Lord your God, he is God of gods, and Lord of lords, the great, and strong, and terrible God, who does not + 10:17 Gr. wonder at or admire a face.accept persons, nor will he by any means accept a bribe:
1 Samuel 8:3And his sons did not walk in his way; and they turned aside after gain, and took gifts, and perverted judgments.
Psalms 26:10For my father and my mother have forsaken me, but the Lord has taken me to himself.
Proverbs 17:8Instruction is to them that use it a gracious reward: and whithersoever it may turn, it shall prosper.
Proverbs 19:4Wealth acquires many friends; but the poor is deserted even of the friend he has.
Isaiah 1:13Though ye bring fine flour, it is vain; incense is an abomination to me; I cannot bear your new moons, and your sabbaths, and the great day;
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 →