Exodus 23:8

And thou shalt take no gift; for a gift blindeth them that have sight, and perverteth the words of the righteous.

JPS TaNaKH 1917

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

7Keep thee far from a false matter; and the innocent and righteous slay thou not; for I will not justify the wicked.

9And a stranger shalt thou not oppress; for ye know the heart of a stranger, seeing ye were strangers in the land of Egypt.

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Cross References

Deuteronomy 10:17For the LORD your God, He is God of gods, and Lord of lords, the great God, the mighty, and the awful, who regardeth not persons, nor taketh reward.

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

Psalms 26:10In whose hands is craftiness, and their right hand is full of bribes.

Proverbs 17:8A gift is as a precious stone in the eyes of him that hath it; whithersoever he turneth, he prospereth.

Proverbs 19:4Wealth addeth many friends; but as for the poor, his friend separateth himself from him.

Isaiah 1:13Bring no more vain oblations; it is an offering of abomination unto Me; new moon and sabbath, the holding of convocations — I cannot endure iniquity along with the solemn assembly.

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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