Acts 24:26

Paul Before Felix And Drusilla

²⁵ He reasoned about righteousness, temperance, and judgment to come. Felix trembled, and answered: Go your way for now. When I have time I will send for you. ²⁶ At the same time too, he was hoping that money would be given him by Paul; therefore he also used to send for him quite often and converse with him. ²⁷ After two years Porcius Festus succeeded Felix. Felix was willing to show the Jews a favor. He left Paul in prison.

Paul

Exodus 23:8

Do not accept a bribe, for a bribe makes the discerning blind to what is right and perverts the words of the righteous.

Deuteronomy 16:19

Never pervert justice. Always be impartial. Never take a bribe, because bribes blind wise people and deny justice to those who are in the right.

1 Samuel 8:3

The sons did not follow their father's example but turned to dishonest ways of making money. They took bribes and denied people justice.

1 Samuel 12:3

Here I am! Testify against me before Jehovah and before his anointed one. Whose bull have I stolen? Whose donkey have I taken? Have I cheated anyone? Have I oppressed any? Have I ever taken a bribe? Tell me and I will make it right.

2 Chronicles 19:7

Do your work in honor of him and know that he will not allow you to be unfair to anyone or to take bribes.

Job 15:34

The company of the godless will be barren. And fire will consume the tents of those who love bribes.

Psalm 26:9-10

Do not sweep me away with hardened sinners or my life along with bloodthirsty people.

Proverbs 17:8

A gift is as a precious stone in the eyes its owner. He prospers in everything he does.

Proverbs 17:23

A wicked man takes a bribe to pervert the ways of judgment.

Proverbs 19:6

Many ask favors of the prince. Every man is a friend of a person who gives gifts.

Proverbs 29:4

The king establishes the land by justice. He who receives gifts overthrows it.

Isaiah 1:23

Your rulers are rebels, friends with thieves. They all love bribes and run after gifts. They never defend orphans. They do not listen to the widows' pleas.

Isaiah 33:15

He who walks righteously and speaks what is right, who rejects gain from extortion and keeps his hand from accepting bribes, who stops his ears against plots of murder and shuts his eyes against contemplating evil.

Isaiah 56:11

They are dogs with mighty appetites. They never have enough! They are shepherds who lack understanding. They all turn to their own way and each one seeks dishonest (unjust) gain.

Ezekiel 22:27

Her princes within her are like wolves tearing the prey, by shedding blood and destroying lives in order to get dishonest gain.

Ezekiel 33:31

Then they come to you, as if they are still my people, and they sit down in front of you. They listen to what you say, but they do not do it. They say that they love me, but in their hearts they chase dishonest profits.

Hosea 4:18

Their drink (wheat beer) has become sour. They play the harlot continually. Her rulers dearly love shame.

Hosea 12:7-8

Jehovah says: The merchants use dishonest scales. They love to cheat people.

Amos 2:6-7

Jehovah said: I will not withdraw punishment for (three sins of Israel, even for four) the many transgressions of Israel! They sold the righteous for silver, and the needy for a pair of shoes.

Micah 3:11

The leaders judge for a bribe, and the priests teach for wages! The prophets predict for money yet they rely on Jehovah when they say: Is not Jehovah in the midst of us? No evil will come upon us.

Micah 7:3

They diligently seek to do evil with their hands. The prince asks and the judge is ready for a bribe. The great man utters his own evil desire. They weave it together.

Acts 24:2-3

Tertullus presented his case:

Acts 24:17

Now after many years I came to bring offerings and gifts of mercy to my nation.

1 Corinthians 6:9

Do you not know that the unrighteous will not inherit the kingdom of God? Do not be deceived: neither fornicators, nor people who worship idols, nor adulterers, nor male prostitutes, nor homosexuals,

Ephesians 5:5-6

For you know this with certainty, that no fornicator, no unclean person, no covetous man, who is an idolater, has any inheritance in the kingdom of Christ and of God.

1 Timothy 6:9-10

Those who are determined to be rich fall into a temptation and a snare and many foolish and hurtful lusts. These draw men into ruin and destruction.

2 Peter 2:3

They speak evil words about you because of their extreme greed. They will exploit you with false evil words. Their judgment from long ago is not idle. Their destruction will not delay.

2 Peter 2:14-15

They have eyes full of adultery that cannot cease from sin! They entice unsteady persons. Their hearts are full of covetousness. They are children of cursing.