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, the great, mighty, and awesome God who is unbiased and takes no bribe,
Deuteronomy 16:19
You must not pervert justice or show favor. Do not take a bribe, for bribes blind the eyes of the wise and distort the words of the righteous.
Exodus 23:7
Keep your distance from a false charge -- do not kill the innocent and the righteous, for I will not justify the wicked.
Psalm 15:5
He does not charge interest when he lends his money. He does not take bribes to testify against the innocent. The one who lives like this will never be upended.
Proverbs 1:11
If they say, "Come with us! We will lie in wait to shed blood; we will ambush an innocent person capriciously.
Ezekiel 22:12
They take bribes within you to shed blood. You engage in usury and charge interest; you extort money from your neighbors. You have forgotten me, declares the sovereign Lord.
Micah 3:10
You build Zion through bloody crimes, Jerusalem through unjust violence.
Micah 7:2
Faithful men have disappeared from the land; there are no godly men left. They all wait in ambush so they can shed blood; they hunt their own brother with a net.
Matthew 26:15
and said, "What will you give me to betray him into your hands?" So they set out thirty silver coins for him.
Matthew 27:3
Now when Judas, who had betrayed him, saw that Jesus had been condemned, he regretted what he had done and returned the thirty silver coins to the chief priests and the elders,
Acts 1:18
(Now this man Judas acquired a field with the reward of his unjust deed, and falling headfirst he burst open in the middle and all his intestines gushed out.