Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Summary

And his sons walked not in his ways, but turned aside after lucre, and took bribes, and perverted judgment.

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Bible References

His sons

2 Samuel 15:4
He added, “If only someone would appoint me judge in the land. Then anyone who had a grievance or dispute could come to me, and I would make sure he received justice.”
1 Kings 12:6
Then King Rehoboam consulted with the elders who had served his father Solomon when he was alive, asking, “How do you advise me to respond to these people?”
2 Kings 21:1
Manasseh was 12 years old when he became king and reigned 55 years in Jerusalem. 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 take over all my work that I labored at skillfully under the sun. This too is futile.
Jeremiah 22:15
Are you a king because you excel in cedar?
Didn’t your father eat and drink
and administer justice and righteousness?
Then it went well with him.

But turned

Exodus 18:21
But you should select from all the people able men, God-fearing, trustworthy, and hating bribes. Place them over the people as commanders of thousands, hundreds, fifties, and tens.
Deuteronomy 16:19
Do not deny justice or show partiality to anyone. Do not accept a bribe, for it blinds the eyes of the wise and twists the words of the righteous.
Psalm 15:5
who does not lend his money at interest
or take a bribe against the innocent
the one who does these things will never be moved.
Psalm 26:10
in whose hands are evil schemes
and whose right hands are filled with bribes.
Isaiah 33:15
The one who lives righteously
and speaks rightly,
who refuses gain from extortion,
whose hand never takes a bribe,
who stops his ears from listening to murderous plots
and shuts his eyes to avoid endorsing evil
1 Timothy 3:3
not addicted to wine, not a bully but gentle, not quarrelsome, not greedy
1 Timothy 6:10
For the love of money is a root of all kinds of evil, and by craving it, some have wandered away from the faith and pierced themselves with many pains.

General references

Proverbs 17:23
A wicked man secretly takes a bribe
to subvert the course of justice.

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