Deuteronomy 27:25

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Deuteronomy 27:25

Cursed be he that taketh reward to slay an innocent person. And all the people shall say, Amen.

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For the LORD your God, he is God of Gods and Lord of lords; a great God, a mighty and a terrible which regardeth no man's person nor taketh gifts:

Wrest not the law, nor know any person, neither take any reward: for gifts blind the wise and pervert the words of the righteous.

"Keep thee far from a false matter, and the Innocent and righteous see thou slay not; for I will not justify the wicked.

He that hath not given his money upon usury, nor taken reward against the innocent. Whoso doeth these things shall never fall.

if they entice thee, and say, "Come with us, let us lay wait for blood, and lurk privily for the innocent without a cause:

Yea, gifts have been received in thee to shed blood. Thou hast taken usury and increase, thou hast oppressed thy neighbours by extortion, and forgotten me, sayeth the LORD God.

Ye that build up Zion with blood, and Jerusalem with doing wrong.

There is not a godly man upon earth, there is not one righteous among men. They labour all to shed blood, and every man hunteth his brother to death:

and said, "What will ye give me, and I will deliver him unto you?" And they appointed unto him thirty pieces of silver.

Then when Judas, which betrayed him, saw that he was condemned, he repented himself; and brought again the thirty plates of silver to the chief priests and elders,

And the same hath now possessed a plot of ground with the reward of iniquity. And when he was hanged, burst asunder in the midst, and all his bowels gushed out.