Bible verses about "bribes" | Bishops

¹ This knowe also, that in the last dayes, perylous tymes shalbe at hande ² For men shalbe louers of their owne selues, couetous, boasters, proude, blasphemers, disobedient to fathers and mothers, vnthankefull, vngodlye ³ Without naturall affection, trucebreakers, false accusers, riotous, fierce, despisers of them which are good ⁴ Traytours, headdy, hye mynded, louers of pleasures more then louers of God

⁷ The wyse man hateth wrong dealing, and abhorreth the heart that coueteth rewardes

¹² For I knowe your manyfolde transgressions, and your mightie sinnes: they afflict the iust, they take rewardes, and they oppresse the poore in the gate

¹⁶ For where enuiyng and strife is, there is sedition & all maner of euyll workes

¹⁴ A priuie rewarde pacifieth displeasure: and a gyft in the bosome [stylleth] furiousnesse

⁵ Let your conuersation be without couetousnesse, beyng content with such thynges as ye haue. For he hath sayde: I wyll not fayle thee, neither forsake thee ⁶ So that we may boldely saye, the Lorde is my helper, and I wyll not feare what man way do vnto me

²⁷ The greedy couetous man rooteth vp his owne house: but who so hateth rewardes shall lyue

⁸ Thou shalt take no gyftes: for gyftes blinde the seyng, and peruert the wordes of the righteous