Psalm 26:10

Prayer For Vindication

⁹ Let not my soul be numbered among sinners, or my life among men of blood; ¹⁰ In whose hands are evil designs, and whose right hands take money for judging falsely. ¹¹ But as for me, I will go on in my upright ways: be my saviour, and have mercy on me.

Right Hand

Exodus 23:8

Take no rewards in a cause: for rewards make blind those who have eyes to see, and make the decisions of the upright false.

Deuteronomy 16:19

You are not to be moved in your judging by a man's position, you are not to take rewards; for rewards make the eyes of the wise man blind, and the decisions of the upright false.

1 Samuel 8:3

And his sons did not go in his ways, but moved by the love of money took rewards, and were not upright in judging.

Psalm 10:14

You have seen it; for your eyes are on sorrow and grief, to take it into your hand: the poor man puts his faith in you; you have been the helper of the child who has no father.

Psalm 11:2

See, the bows of the evil-doers are bent, they make ready their arrows on the cord, so that they may send them secretly against the upright in heart.

Psalm 36:4

He gives thought to evil on his bed; he takes a way which is not good; he is not a hater of evil.

Psalm 52:2

Purposing destruction, using deceit; your tongue is like a sharp blade.

Psalm 55:9-11

Send destruction on them, O Lord, make a division of tongues among them: for I have seen fighting and violent acts in the town.

Proverbs 1:16

For their feet are running after evil, and they are quick to take a man's life.

Proverbs 4:16

For they take no rest till they have done evil; their sleep is taken away if they have not been the cause of someone's fall.

Isaiah 33:15

He whose ways are true, and whose words are upright; he who gives no thought to the profits of false acts, whose hands have not taken rewards, who will have no part in putting men to death, and whose eyes are shut against evil;

Ezekiel 22:12-13

In you they have taken rewards as the price of blood; you have taken interest and great profits, and you have taken away your neighbours' goods by force, and have not kept me in mind, says the Lord.

Amos 5:12

For I have seen how your evil-doing is increased and how strong are your sins, you troublers of the upright, who take rewards and do wrong to the cause of the poor in the public place.

Micah 2:1-3

A curse on the designers of evil, working on their beds! in the morning light they do it, because it is in their power.

Micah 7:3

Their hands are made ready to do evil; the ruler makes requests for money, and the judge is looking for a reward; and the great man gives decisions at his pleasure, and the right is twisted.

Matthew 26:3-4

Then the chief priests and the rulers of the people came together in the house of the high priest, who was named Caiaphas.

Acts 23:12

And when it was day, the Jews came together and put themselves under an oath that they would take no food or drink till they had put Paul to death.