Exodus 23:8
And thou shalt take no shochad (bribe, gift); for the shochad blindeth the seeing, and perverteth the words of the tzaddikim.
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Deuteronomy 10:17For Hashem Eloheichem is Elohei HaElohim, and Adonei HaAdonim, HaEl HaGadol, HaGibbor v'HaNorah, which regardeth not persons, nor taketh shochad (bribe):
1 Samuel 8:3And his banim walked not in his drakhim, but turned aside after betza (dishonest gain), and took shochad (bribe[s]), and perverted mishpat (justice).
Psalms 26:10In whose hands is zimmah (wicked plans), 1 and their right hand is full of shochad (bribery). 1
Proverbs 17:8A shochad (gift, bribe) is like a charm in the eynayim of him that hath it: 1 wherever he turneth, he prospereth. 1
Proverbs 19:4Wealth maketh many friends, 1 but the dal (poor) is separated from his re'a (neighbor). 1
Isaiah 1:13Bring no more futile minchot; 1 ketoret is an abomination unto Me; 1 Rosh Chodesh (New Moon) and Shabbos, the calling of assemblies — 1 I cannot endure aven (wickedness) and atzarah (solemn convocation). 1
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 →