Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
Summary
And his sons walked not in his ways, but turned aside after lucre, and took bribes, and perverted judgment.
But turned
General references
Bible References
His sons
2 Samuel 15:4
Moreover, Absalom would say, “Oh that one would appoint me judge in the land, then every man who has any suit or cause could come to me and I would give him justice.”
1 Kings 12:6
King Rehoboam consulted with the elders who had served his father Solomon while he was still alive, saying, “How do you counsel me to answer this people?”
2 Kings 21:1 Manasseh was twelve years old when he became king, and he reigned fifty-five years in Jerusalem; and his mother’s name was Hephzibah.
Ecclesiastes 2:19
And who knows whether he will be a wise man or a fool? Yet he will have control over all the fruit of my labor for which I have labored by acting wisely under the sun. This too is vanity.
Jeremiah 22:15 “Do you become a king because you are competing in cedar?
Did not your father eat and drink
Anddo justice and righteousness?
Then it waswell with him.
Did not your father eat and drink
And
Then it was
But turned
Exodus 18:21
Furthermore, you shall select out of all the people able men who fear God, men of truth, those who hate dishonest gain; and you shall place these over them as leaders of thousands, of hundreds, of fifties and of tens.
Deuteronomy 16:19 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.
Psalm 15:5 He does not put out his money at interest,
Nordoes he take a bribe against the innocent.
He who does these things will never be shaken.
Nor
Psalm 26:10 In whose hands is a wicked scheme,
And whose right hand is full ofbribes.
And whose right hand is full of
Isaiah 33:15 He who walks righteously and speaks with sincerity,
He who rejectsunjust gain
And shakes his hands so that they hold no bribe;
He who stops his ears from hearing about bloodshed
Andshuts his eyes from looking upon evil;
He who rejects
And shakes his hands so that they hold no bribe;
He who stops his ears from hearing about bloodshed
And
1 Timothy 3:3 not addicted to wine or pugnacious, but gentle, peaceable, free from the love of money.
1 Timothy 6:10
For the love of money is a root of all sorts of evil, and some by longing for it have wandered away from the faith and pierced themselves with many griefs.
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Proverbs 17:23 A wicked man receives a bribe from the bosom
Topervert the ways of justice.
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