Thematic Bible
Thematic Bible
Bribery » What gifts (bribes) do
Take no rewards in a cause: for rewards make blind those who have eyes to see, and make the decisions of the upright false.
You are not to be moved in your judging by a man's position, you are not to take rewards; for rewards make the eyes of the wise man blind, and the decisions of the upright false.
A man's offering makes room for him, letting him come before great men.
The wise are troubled by the ways of the cruel, and the giving of money is the destruction of the heart.
Heart » What destroys the heart
The wise are troubled by the ways of the cruel, and the giving of money is the destruction of the heart.