Isaiah 1:23
Your princes are rebels and companions of thieves. All of them are lovers of bribes and are runners after gifts. They don't bring justice to orphans, and the widow's case never comes up for review in their court."
Exodus 23:8
You are not to take a bribe because a bribe blinds the clear-sighted and distorts the words of the righteous.
Micah 7:3
And speaking of evil, they practice it eagerly with both hands! Both leader and judge demand a bribe, the famous confess their perverted desires, and they scheme together.
Zechariah 7:10
You are not to wrong the widow, orphans, the foreigner, or the poor, and you are not to plan evil against each other.
Deuteronomy 16:19
You must not twist justice, show favoritism, or take bribes, because a bribe blinds the eyes of the wise and subverts the speech of the righteous.
2 Chronicles 24:17-21
But after Jehoiada had died, officials from Judah came, bowed down to the king, and the king listened to what they had to say.
2 Chronicles 36:14
Meanwhile, all the officials who supervised the priests and the people remained unfaithful, following the detestable example of the surrounding nations. They polluted the LORD's Temple that he had consecrated in Jerusalem.
Proverbs 17:23
The wicked man takes a bribe in secret in order to pervert the course of justice.
Proverbs 29:24
A thief's accomplice hates himself; though testifying under oath, he reveals nothing.
Isaiah 3:14
The LORD will go to court to oppose the elders and princes of his people: "You're the ones who have been devouring the vineyard, the plunder of the poor is in your own houses!
Isaiah 10:1-2
"How terrible it will be for the one who enacts unjust decrees, for those who write oppressive laws that they have prescribed
Isaiah 33:15
The one who walks righteously and has spoken sincere words, who rejects gain from extortion and waves his hand, rejecting bribes, who blocks his ears from hearing plots of murder and shuts his eyes against seeing evil
Jeremiah 5:5
Let me go to the leaders and speak to them. For they know the LORD's way, the requirement of their God." "But they, all together, have broken the yoke and torn off the restraints.
Jeremiah 5:28-29
and have grown fat and sleek. There is no limit to their evil deeds. They don't argue the case of the orphan to secure justice. They don't defend the rights of the poor.
Jeremiah 22:17
But your eyes and heart are on nothing but your dishonest gain, shedding the blood of innocent people, and practicing oppression and extortion."
Ezekiel 22:6-12
"""Watch out! Each of the princes of Israel has misused his authority to shed blood.
Daniel 9:5-6
"Lord! Great and awesome God, who keeps his covenant and gracious love for those who love him and obey his commandments, we've sinned, we've practiced evil, we've acted wickedly, and we've rebelled, turning away from your commands and from your regulations.
Hosea 4:18
While drinking to excess, they prostitute themselves. They're in love with dishonor.
Hosea 7:3-5
They please the king with their evil, and the princes with their dishonesty.
Hosea 9:15
"All of their wickedness started in Gilgal, because I began to hate them there. Because of the wickedness of their behavior, I will drive them from my Temple. I will not love them anymore; all their leaders are rebels.
Micah 3:1-3
"He will say, "Listen, you leaders of Jacob, you officials of the house of Israel! You should know justice, should you not?
Micah 3:11
Her leaders judge for the money, her priests teach only when they're paid, and her prophets prophesy for cash. Even so, don't they all rely on the LORD as they ask, "The LORD is among us, is he not? Nothing bad can possibly happen to us!'
Malachi 3:5
"I'll come near to you for judgment. I'll be a witness, quick to speak against sorcerers, against adulterers, against those who swear falsely, against those who defraud the laborer of his wage, against those who defraud the widow and the orphan, against those who deprive the alien of justice, and against those who don't fear me," says the LORD of the Heavenly Armies.
Matthew 21:13
He told them, "It is written, "My house is to be called a house of prayer,' but you are turning it into a hideout for bandits!"
Mark 11:17
Then he began to teach them: "It is written, is it not, "My house is to be called a house of prayer for all nations'? But you've turned it into a hideout for bandits!"
Luke 18:2-5
He said, "In a city there was a judge who didn't fear God or respect people.
Luke 19:46
He told them, "It is written, "My house is to be called a house of prayer,' but you have turned it into a hideout for bandits!"
Acts 4:5-11
The next day, their rulers, elders, and scribes met in Jerusalem