Bible verses about "bribery" | Leeser

³⁴ For the assembly of hypocrites will remain desolate, and fire will consume the tents of bribery.

²³ Thy princes are rebels, and companions of thieves; every one loveth brides, and runneth after rewards; to the fatherless they will not do justice, and the cause of the widow doth not come unto them.

²¹ To have respect to persons is not good; because even for a piece of bread will a man transgress.

¹⁹ Thou shalt not wrest judgment; thou shalt not respect persons, and thou shalt not take a bribe; for the bribe blindeth the eyes of the wise, and perverteth the words of the righteous.

¹⁰ In whose hands are wicked devices, and whose right hand is full of bribes.

²³ Who justify the wicked in lieu of a bribe, and who deprive the righteous of their right!

¹⁴ A gift in secret pacifieth anger, and a bribe in the bosom, strong fury.

² Treasures of wickedness will not profit aught; but righteousness will deliver from death.

⁷ For exercising oppression maketh a wise man mad; and bribery corrupteth the heart.

¹² For I know your manifold transgressions and your numerous sins: ye are those that are the adversaries of the just, that take a ransom, and that wrest the cause of the needy in the gate.

⁸ As a precious stone appeareth a bribe in the eyes of him that obtaineth it: whithersoever it turneth, it prospereth.

²⁷ He that is greedy after gain troubleth his own house; but he that hateth gifts will live.

²³ A wicked man taketh a bribe out of the bosom, to pervert the paths of justice.

⁸ And thou shalt take no bribe; for the bribe blindeth the clear-sighted, and perverteth the words of the righteous.