Psalm 26:10

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Summary

Psalm 26:10

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

In

Bribes

Micah 7:3

Bible References

In

You have seen it, for You have beheld mischief and vexation to take it into Your hand.
The

unfortunate commits himself to You;

You have been the helper of the orphan.

For, behold, the wicked bend the bow,
They

make ready their arrow upon the string

To shoot in darkness at the upright in heart.

He plans wickedness upon his bed;
He sets himself on a path that is not good;
He does not despise evil.

Your tongue devises destruction,
Like a sharp razor, O worker of deceit.

Confuse, O Lord, divide their tongues,

For I have seen violence and strife in the city.

For their feet run to evil
And they hasten to shed blood.

For they cannot sleep unless they do evil;
And they are robbed of sleep unless they make someone stumble.

Woe to those who scheme iniquity,
Who work out evil on their beds!

When morning comes, they do it,

For it is in the power of their hands.

Then the chief priests and the elders of the people were gathered together in the court of the high priest, named Caiaphas;

When it was day, the Jews formed a conspiracy and bound themselves under an oath, saying that they would neither eat nor drink until they had killed Paul.

Bribes

“You shall not take a bribe, for a bribe blinds the clear-sighted and subverts the cause of the just.

You shall not distort justice; you shall not be partial, and you shall not take a bribe, for a bribe blinds the eyes of the wise and perverts the words of the righteous.

His sons, however, did not walk in his ways, but turned aside after dishonest gain and took bribes and perverted justice.

He who walks righteously and speaks with sincerity,
He who rejects unjust gain
And shakes his hands so that they hold no bribe;
He who stops his ears from hearing about bloodshed
And shuts his eyes from looking upon evil;

In you they have taken bribes to shed blood; you have taken interest and profits, and you have injured your neighbors for gain by oppression, and you have forgotten Me,” declares the Lord God.

For I know your transgressions are many and your sins are great,
You who distress the righteous and accept bribes
And turn aside the poor in the gate.

Concerning evil, both hands do it well.
The prince asks, also the judge, for a bribe,
And a great man speaks the desire of his soul;
So they weave it together.