Proverbs 17:23

Proverbs 17:23
A wicked man receives a bribe in secret, to pervert the ways of justice.

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Exodus 23:8
“You shall take no bribe, for a bribe blinds those who have sight and perverts the words of the righteous.

Deuteronomy 16:19
You shall not pervert justice. You shall not show partiality. You shall not take a bribe, for a bribe blinds the eyes of the wise and perverts the words of the righteous.

Isaiah 1:23
Your princes are rebellious and companions of thieves. Everyone loves bribes and follows after rewards. They don’t defend the fatherless, neither does the cause of the widow come to them.

1 Samuel 8:3
His sons didn’t walk in his ways, but turned away after dishonest gain, took bribes, and perverted justice.

Isaiah 5:23
who acquit the guilty for a bribe, but deny justice for the innocent!

Proverbs 18:5
To be partial to the faces of the wicked is not good, nor to deprive the innocent of justice.

Micah 3:11
Her leaders judge for bribes, and her priests teach for a price, and her prophets of it tell fortunes for money; yet they lean on Yahweh, and say, “Isn’t Yahweh among us? No disaster will come on us.”

Psalms 15:5
he who doesn’t lend out his money for usury, nor take a bribe against the innocent. He who does these things shall never be shaken.

Psalms 26:10
in whose hands is wickedness; their right hand is full of bribes.

Ecclesiastes 7:7
Surely extortion makes the wise man foolish; and a bribe destroys the understanding.

Isaiah 33:15
He who walks righteously and speaks blamelessly, he who despises the gain of oppressions, who gestures with his hands, refusing to take a bribe, who stops his ears from hearing of bloodshed, and shuts his eyes from looking at evil—

Micah 7:3
Their hands are on that which is evil to do it diligently. The ruler and judge ask for a bribe. The powerful man dictates the evil desire of his soul. Thus they conspire together.

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Proverbs 21:14
A gift in secret pacifies anger, and a bribe in the cloak, strong wrath.

Proverbs 18:16
A man’s gift makes room for him, and brings him before great men.

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