Bible verses about "bribery" | BBE

³⁴ For the band of the evil-doers gives no fruit, and the tents of those who give wrong decisions for reward are burned with fire.

²³ Your chiefs have gone against the Lord, they have become friends of thieves; every one of them is looking for profit and going after rewards; they do not give right decisions for the child who has no father, and they do not let the cause of the widow come before them.

²¹ It is not good to have respect for a man's position: for a man will do wrong for a bit of bread.

¹² And when they had come together with those in authority, and had made their decision, they gave much money to the watchmen, saying, ¹³ Say, His disciples came by night and took him away secretly while we were sleeping. ¹⁴ And if this comes to the ruler's ears, we will see that he does not make you responsible. ¹⁵ So they took the money, and did as they had been ordered: and this account has been current among the Jews till the present time.

¹⁹ You are not to be moved in your judging by a man's position, you are not to take rewards; for rewards make the eyes of the wise man blind, and the decisions of the upright false.

¹⁰ In whose hands are evil designs, and whose right hands take money for judging falsely.

¹⁴ By a secret offering wrath is turned away, and the heat of angry feelings by money in the folds of the robe.

² Wealth which comes from sin is of no profit, but righteousness gives salvation from death.

²³ Who for a reward give support to the cause of the sinner, and who take away the righteousness of the upright from him.

¹⁰ For the love of money is a root of all evil: and some whose hearts were fixed on it have been turned away from the faith, and been wounded with unnumbered sorrows.

⁷ The wise are troubled by the ways of the cruel, and the giving of money is the destruction of the heart.

¹² For I have seen how your evil-doing is increased and how strong are your sins, you troublers of the upright, who take rewards and do wrong to the cause of the poor in the public place.

⁸ An offering of money is like a stone of great price in the eyes of him who has it: wherever he goes, he does well.

²⁷ He whose desires are fixed on profit is a cause of trouble to his family; but he who has no desire for offerings will have life.

²³ A sinner takes an offering out of his robe, to get a decision for himself in a cause.

⁸ Take no rewards in a cause: for rewards make blind those who have eyes to see, and make the decisions of the upright false.