Psalms 26:10
in whose hands are wicked schemes, whose right hands are full of bribes.
Berean Standard Bible
In The King James Version
In whose hands is mischief, and their right hand is full of bribes.
In Context
9Do not take my soul away with sinners, or my life with men of bloodshed,
11But I will walk with integrity; redeem me and be merciful to me.
Cross References
Exodus 23:8Do not accept a bribe, for a bribe blinds those who see and twists the words of the righteous.
1 Samuel 8:3But his sons did not walk in his ways; they turned aside toward dishonest gain, accepting bribes and perverting justice.
Psalms 11:2For behold, the wicked bend their bows. They set their arrow on the string to shoot from the shadows at the upright in heart.
Psalms 52:2Your tongue devises destruction like a sharpened razor, O worker of deceit.
Proverbs 1:16For their feet run to evil, and they are swift to shed blood.
Isaiah 33:15He who walks righteously and speaks with sincerity, who refuses gain from extortion, whose hand never takes a bribe, who stops his ears against murderous plots and shuts his eyes tightly against evil—
Matthew Henry on Psalms 26:7-12
Delight in Divine Ordinances. 6 I will wash mine hands in innocency: so will I compass thine altar, O Lord : 7 That I may publish with the voice of thanksgiving, and tell of all thy wondrous works. 8 Lord , I have loved the habitation of thy house, and the place where thine honour dwelleth. 9 Gather not my soul with sinners, nor my life with bloody men: 10 In whose hands is mischief, and their right hand is full of bribes. 11 But as for me, I will walk in mine integrity: redeem me, and be merciful unto me. 12 My… Read the whole commentary →