Thematic Bible
Thematic Bible
Bribery » Condemned
thy princes are rebellious, and companions of thieves; every one loveth presents, and hunteth after rewards; they judge not the fatherless, and the cause of the widow cometh not unto them.
And thou shalt take no bribe; for the bribe blindeth those whose eyes are open, and perverteth the words of the righteous.
In whose hands are evil devices, and their right hand is full of bribes.
A wicked man taketh a gift out of the bosom, to pervert the paths of judgment.
who justify the wicked for a bribe, and turn away the righteousness of the righteous from them!
He that walketh righteously, and speaketh uprightly; he that despiseth the gain of oppressions, that shaketh his hands from taking hold of bribes, that stoppeth his ears from hearing of blood, and shutteth his eyes from seeing evil:
For I know how manifold are your transgressions and your sins mighty: they afflict the just, they take a bribe, and they turn aside the right of the needy in the gate.
Presents » Were given » To judges to secure a favorable hearing
A wicked man taketh a gift out of the bosom, to pervert the paths of judgment.
Thus saith Jehovah: For three transgressions of Israel, and for four, I will not revoke its sentence; because they have sold the righteous for silver, and the needy for a pair of shoes;
The judgment of babylon » Who perverts the ways of judgment
A wicked man taketh a gift out of the bosom, to pervert the paths of judgment.
The Nation » Bribery » Condemned
thy princes are rebellious, and companions of thieves; every one loveth presents, and hunteth after rewards; they judge not the fatherless, and the cause of the widow cometh not unto them.
And thou shalt take no bribe; for the bribe blindeth those whose eyes are open, and perverteth the words of the righteous.
In whose hands are evil devices, and their right hand is full of bribes.
A wicked man taketh a gift out of the bosom, to pervert the paths of judgment.
who justify the wicked for a bribe, and turn away the righteousness of the righteous from them!
He that walketh righteously, and speaketh uprightly; he that despiseth the gain of oppressions, that shaketh his hands from taking hold of bribes, that stoppeth his ears from hearing of blood, and shutteth his eyes from seeing evil:
For I know how manifold are your transgressions and your sins mighty: they afflict the just, they take a bribe, and they turn aside the right of the needy in the gate.