Bible verses about "bribery" | ERV

³⁴ For the company of the godless shall be barren, and fire shall consume the tents of bribery.

²¹ To have respect of persons is not good: neither that a man should transgress for a piece of bread.

²³ Thy princes are rebellious, and companions of thieves; every one loveth gifts, and followeth after rewards: they judge not the fatherless, neither doth the cause of the widow come unto them.

¹² And when they were assembled with the elders, and had taken counsel, they gave large money unto the soldiers, ¹³ saying, Say ye, His disciples came by night, and stole him away while we slept. ¹⁴ And if this come to the governor’s ears, we will persuade him, and rid you of care. ¹⁵ So they took the money, and did as they were taught: and this saying was spread abroad among the Jews, [and continueth] until this day.

¹⁹ Thou shalt not wrest judgment; thou shalt not respect persons: neither shalt thou take a gift; for a gift doth blind the eyes of the wise, and pervert the words of the righteous.

¹⁰ In whose hands is mischief, and their right hand is full of bribes.

¹⁴ A gift in secret pacifieth anger, and a present in the bosom strong wrath.

² Treasures of wickedness profit nothing: but righteousness delivereth from death.

²³ which justify the wicked for a reward, and take away the righteousness of the righteous from him!

¹⁰ For the love of money is a root of all kinds of evil: which some reaching after have been led astray from the faith, and have pierced themselves through with many sorrows.

⁷ Surely extortion maketh a wise man foolish; and a gift destroyeth the understanding.

¹² For I know how manifold are your transgressions, and how mighty are your sins; ye that afflict the just, that take a bribe, and that turn aside the needy in the gate [from their right].

⁸ A gift is [as] a precious stone in the eyes of him that hath it: whithersoever it turneth, it prospereth.

²⁷ He that is greedy of gain troubleth his own house: but he that hateth gifts shall live.

²³ A wicked man taketh a gift out of the bosom, to pervert the ways of judgment.

⁸ And thou shalt take no gift: for a gift blindeth them that have sight, and perverteth the words of the righteous.