Psalms 26:10
In whose hands is a plot, and, their right hand, is filled with a bribe.
The Emphasised Bible by J. B. Rotherham
In The King James Version
In whose hands is mischief, and their right hand is full of bribes.
In Context
9Do not remove, with sinners, my soul, nor, with men of bloodshed, my life;
11But, I, in my blamelessness, will walk, Redeem me and show me favour.
Cross References
Exodus 23:8And, a bribe, shalt thou not take,—for the bribe, blindeth the clear-sighted, and perverteth the words of the righteous.
1 Samuel 8:3Howbeit his sons walked not in his ways, but stooped to extortion,—and took bribes, and perverted judgment.
Psalms 11:2For lo! the lawless, bend the bow They have fixed their arrow upon the string, To shoot in the darkness at the upright in heart:
Psalms 52:2Engulfing ruin, doth thy tongue devise, Like a whetted razor, working deceit;
Proverbs 1:16For, their feet, to mischief, do run, and haste to the shedding of blood.
Isaiah 33:15He that walketh righteously, And speaketh uprightly,—He that refuseth the gain of exactions That shaketh his hands free from holding a bribe, That stoppeth his ear from hearkening to deeds of blood, And shutteth his eyes from giving countenance to wrong,
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 →