Exodus 23:8
Don't accept bribes, for a bribe blinds those who can see, and undermines the evidence of the honest.
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Deuteronomy 10:17For the Lord your God is God of gods and Lord of lords. He is the great, powerful, and awesome God. He shows no favoritism and accepts no bribes.
1 Samuel 8:3However, his sons did not follow his ways. They were corrupt, making money by accepting bribes and perverting justice.
Psalms 26:10whose hands carry out their evil schemes and grab hold of bribes.
Proverbs 17:8Whoever gives a bribe thinks it's a magical stone—that wherever they turn they'll have success!
Proverbs 19:4If you're rich, you get a lot of friends, but if you're poor, you lose any friends you had.
Isaiah 1:13Don't bring me any more meaningless offerings; your incense is offensive to me. Your new moon festivals and Sabbath observations and your calling of special religious meetings—I can't stand them because they're evil, as are your solemn assemblies.
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 →