7 Bible Verses about Bribery, Results Of

Their hands are filled with wicked schemes, and their right hands with bribes.

You are not to take a bribe because a bribe blinds the clear-sighted and distorts the words of the righteous.

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."

and because I know that your transgressions are many, and your sins are numerous as you oppose the righteous, taking bribes as a ransom, and turning away the poor in court

This is what the LORD says: "For three transgressions of Israel and now for a fourth I will not turn away; because they sold the righteous for money, and the poor for sandals,

The wicked man takes a bribe in secret in order to pervert the course of justice.

A king brings stability to a land through justice, but a man who takes bribes brings it to ruin.