- Exodus 23:8
And you shall take no bribe, for a bribe blinds the discerning 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 do not defend the fatherless,
Nor does the cause of the widow come before them.
- Proverbs 29:4
The king establishes the land by justice,
But he who receives bribes overthrows it.
- Ecclesiastes 7:7
Surely oppression destroys a wise man's reason,
And a bribe debases the heart.
- Amos 5:12-13
For I know your manifold transgressions
And your mighty sins:
Afflicting the just and taking bribes;
Diverting the poor from justice at the gate.
Therefore the prudent keep silent at that time,
For it is an evil time.
- Micah 6:10
Are there yet the treasures of wickedness
In the house of the wicked,
And the short measure that is an abomination?
Related Scriptures
- Leviticus 19:35-37
"You shall do no injustice in judgment, in measurement of length, weight, or volume. You shall have honest scales, honest weights, an honest ephah, and an honest hin: I am the LORD your God, who brought you out of the land of Egypt. "Therefore you shall observe all My statutes and all My judgments, and perform them: I am the LORD.""
- Proverbs 17:8
A present is a precious stone in the eyes of its possessor;
Wherever he turns, he prospers.