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Exodus 23:8

And thou shalt take no gift: for the gift blindeth the wise, and perverteth the words of the righteous.

Deuteronomy 16:19

Thou shalt not wrest judgment; thou shalt not respect persons, neither take a gift: for a gift doth blind the eyes of the wise, and pervert the words of the righteous.

1 Samuel 8:3

And his sons walked not in his ways, but turned aside after lucre, and took bribes, and perverted judgment.

Job 15:34

For the congregation of hypocrites shall be desolate, and fire shall consume the tabernacles of bribery.

Psalms 26:10

In whose hands is mischief, and their right hand is full of bribes.

Proverbs 10:2

Treasures of wickedness profit nothing: but righteousness delivereth from death.

Proverbs 15:27

He that is greedy of gain troubleth his own house; but he that hateth gifts shall live.

Proverbs 17:8

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

Proverbs 17:23

A wicked man taketh a gift out of the bosom to pervert the ways of judgment.

Proverbs 21:14

A gift in secret pacifieth anger: and a reward in the bosom strong wrath.

Proverbs 28:21

To have respect of persons is not good: for for a piece of bread that man will transgress.

Ecclesiastes 7:7

Surely oppression maketh a wise man mad; and a gift destroyeth the heart.

Isaiah 1:23

Thy princes are rebellious, and companions of thieves: every one loveth gifts, and followeth after rewards: they judge not the fatherless, neither doth the cause of the widow come unto them.

Isaiah 5:23

Which justify the wicked for reward, and take away the righteousness of the righteous from him!

Amos 5:12

For I know your manifold transgressions and your mighty sins: they afflict the just, they take a bribe, and they turn aside the poor in the gate from their right.

Matthew 28:12

And when they were assembled with the elders, and had taken counsel, they gave large money unto the soldiers,

1 Timothy 6:10

For the love of money is the root of all evil: which while some coveted after, they have erred from the faith, and pierced themselves through with many sorrows.