1 Samuel 8:3

Israel's Demand For A King

² and the name of his firstborn son was, Joel, and the name of his second, Abijah, - they were judges in Beer-sheba. ³ Howbeit his sons walked not in his ways, but stooped to extortion, - and took bribes, and perverted judgment. ⁴ So then all the elders of Israel gathered themselves together, - and came unto Samuel, to Ramah;

Greedy for Money

Love of Money

Turn Aside

Walk in His Ways

Samuel

Deuteronomy 16:19

Thou shalt not wrest judgment, thou shalt not take note of faces, - nor shalt thou accept a bribe, for the bribe, blindeth the eyes of wise men, and perverteth the words of righteous men.

Psalm 15:5

His silver, hath he not put out on interest, nor, a bribe against the innocent, hath he taken. He that doeth these things, shall not be shaken unto times age-abiding.

Exodus 18:21

Thou thyself, therefore shalt look out, from among all the people - men of ability, reverers of God, men of fidelity, haters of extortion, - and place them over them as rulers of thousands, rulers of hundreds, rulers of fifties, and rulers of tens.

Exodus 23:8

And, a bribe, shalt thou not take, - for the bribe, blindeth the clear-sighted, and perverteth the words of the righteous.

2 Samuel 15:4

And Absalom said, Oh would that I were appointed to judge in the land! that, unto me, might come every man having a complaint or a defence, then would I see him righted.

1 Kings 12:6-11

Then King Rehoboam consulted the elders who used to stand before Solomon his father, while he yet lived, saying, - How do, ye, advise, that I answer this people?

2 Kings 21:1-3

Twelve years old, was Manasseh when he began to reign, and, fifty-five years, reigned he in Jerusalem, - and the name of his mother was Hephzibah.

Psalm 26:10

In whose hands is a plot, and, their right hand, is filled with a bribe.

Ecclesiastes 2:19

and who could know whether a, wise man, he would be or a foolish, and yet he would lord it over all my toil, wherein I had toiled and wherein I had acted wisely, under the sun, - even this, was vanity.

Isaiah 33:15

He that walketh righteously, And speaketh uprightly, - He that refuseth the gain of exactions That shaketh his hands free from holding a bribe, That stoppeth his ear from hearkening to deeds of blood, And shutteth his eyes from giving countenance to wrong,

Jeremiah 22:15-17

Shalt thou reign, because, thou, art eager to excel in cedar? Thy father, did lie not eat and drink, and do justice and righteousness, And, then, it was well with him?

1 Timothy 3:3

Not given to wine, not ready to wound, but considerate, averse to contention, not fond of money,

1 Timothy 6:10

For, a root of all the vices, is the love of money, which, some, being eager for, have been seduced from the faith, and have pierced, themselves, about with many pangs.