7 Bible Verses about Bribery, Results Of
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In whose hands is wickedness, And their right hand is full of bribes.
And thou shalt take no bribe: for a bribe blindeth them that have sight, and perverteth the words of the righteous.
Thy princes are rebellious, and companions of thieves; every one loveth bribes, and followeth after rewards: they judge not the fatherless, neither doth the cause of the widow come unto them.
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 .
Thus saith Jehovah: For three transgressions of Israel, yea, for four, I will not turn away the punishment thereof; because they have sold the righteous for silver, and the needy for a pair of shoes-
A wicked man receiveth a bribe out of the bosom, To pervert the ways of justice.
The king by justice establisheth the land; But he that exacteth gifts overthroweth it.
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