Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
Summary
Cursed be he that taketh reward to slay an innocent person. And all the people shall say, Amen.
Bible References
General references
Deuteronomy 10:17
For the LORD your God is God of gods and Lord of lords, a great God, mighty, and terrible, who makes no exception of persons, nor takes a bribe;
Deuteronomy 16:19
Thou shalt not twist that which is right; thou shalt not respect persons neither take a bribe, for a bribe blinds the eyes of the wise and perverts the words of the righteous.
Exodus 23:7
Keep thee far from a false matter; and slay thou not the innocent and righteous; for I will not justify the wicked.
Psalm 15:5
He that does not put out his money to usury nor take a bribe against the innocent. He that does these things shall never be moved.
Proverbs 1:11
If they say, Come with us, let us lay in wait for blood; let us ambush the innocent without cause.
Ezekiel 22:12
In thee they have taken bribes to shed blood; thou hast taken usury and increase, and thou hast greedily gained of thy neighbours by extortion and hast forgotten me, said the Lord GOD.
Micah 3:10
that build up Zion with blood and Jerusalem with iniquity;
Micah 7:2
The merciful man of the earth is missing: and there is no one upright among men: they all lie in wait for blood; they hunt each man his brother with a net.
Matthew 26:15
and said unto them, What will ye give me, and I will deliver him unto you? And they covenanted with him for thirty pieces of silver.
Matthew 27:3
Then Judas, who had betrayed him, when he saw that he was condemned, repented and returned the thirty pieces of silver to the princes of the priests and the elders,
Acts 1:18
He, therefore, purchased a field with the reward of his iniquity; and hanging himself, he burst asunder in the midst, and all his bowels gushed out.