Exodus 23:8
And you do not take a bribe, for the bribe binds the open-[eyed] and perverts the words of the righteous.
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Deuteronomy 10:17For He, your God YHWH, [is] God of the gods and Lord of the lords—the great, the mighty, and the fearful God, who does not accept by appearances, nor takes a bribe;
1 Samuel 8:3and his sons have not walked in his ways, and turn aside after the dishonest gain, and take a bribe, and turn aside judgment.
Psalms 26:10In whose hand [is] a wicked scheme, || And their right hand [is] full of bribes.
Proverbs 17:8A stone of grace [is] the bribe in the eyes of its possessors, || Wherever it turns, it prospers.
Proverbs 19:4Wealth adds many friends, || And the poor is separated from his neighbor.
Isaiah 1:13Do not add to bring in a vain present, || Incense—it [is] an abomination to Me, || New moon, and Sabbath, calling of convocation! Do not render iniquity—and a restraint!
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 →