Exodus 23:8
And you shall take no gift: for the gift blinds the wise, and perverts the words of the righteous.
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Deuteronomy 10:17For the LORD your God is God of gods, and Lord of lords, a great God, a mighty, and a terrible, which regards not persons, nor takes reward:
1 Samuel 8:3And his sons walked not in his ways, but turned aside after illegal gain, and took bribes, and perverted judgment.
Psalms 26:10In whose hands is mischief, and their right hand is full of bribes.
Proverbs 17:8A gift is as a precious stone in the eyes of him that has it: anywhere it turns, it prospers.
Proverbs 19:4Wealth makes many friends; but the poor is separated from his neighbour.
Isaiah 1:13Bring no more vain oblations; incense is an abomination unto me; the new moons and sabbaths, the calling of assemblies, I cannot away with; it is iniquity, even the solemn meeting.
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 →