Bible verses about "bribery" | Geneva

³⁴ For the congregation of the hypocrite shalbe desolate, and fire shall deuoure the houses of bribes.

²³ Thy Princes are rebellious and companions of theeues: euery one loueth giftes, and followeth after rewards: they iudge not the fatherlesse, neither doeth the widowes cause come before them.

²¹ To haue respect of persons is not good: for that man will transgresse for a piece of bread.

¹² And they gathered them together with the Elders, and tooke counsell, and gaue large money vnto the souldiers, ¹³ Saying, Say, His disciples came by night, and stole him away while we slept. ¹⁴ And if this matter come before the gouernour to be heard, we will perswade him, and so vse the matter that you shall not neede to care. ¹⁵ So they tooke the money, and did as they were taught: and this saying is noysed among the Iewes vnto this day.

¹⁹ Wrest not thou ye Law, nor respect any person, neither take rewarde: for the reward blindeth ye eyes of the wise, and peruerteth ye worde of ye iust.

¹⁰ In whose handes is wickednes, and their right hand is full of bribes.

²³ Which iustifie the wicked for a rewarde, and take away the righteousnesse of the righteous from him.

¹⁴ A gift in secret pacifieth anger, and a gift in the bosome great wrath.

² The treasures of wickednesse profite nothing: but righteousnesse deliuereth from death.

¹⁰ For the desire of money is the roote of all euill, which while some lusted after, they erred from the faith, and pearced themselues through with many sorowes.

⁷ Better it is to heare ye rebuke of a wise man, then that a man should heare the song of fooles.

¹² For I know your manifold transgressions, and your mightie sinnes: they afflict the iust, they take rewards, and they oppresse the poore in ye gate.

⁸ A rewarde is as a stone pleasant in the eyes of them that haue it: it prospereth, whithersoeuer it turneth.

²⁷ He that is greedie of gaine, troubleth his owne house: but he that hateth giftes, shall liue.

²³ A wicked man taketh a gift out of the bosome to wrest the wayes of iudgement.

⁸ Thou shalt take no gift: for the gift blindeth the wise, and peruerteth the wordes of the righteous.