Psalm 26:10

Prayer For Vindication

⁹ Gather not my soul with the sinners, nor my life with those who have blood on their hands: ¹⁰ In whose hands is a wicked scheme,
And whose right hand is full of bribes.
¹¹ But as for me, I will walk in my integrity; ransom me and be merciful unto me.

Right Hand

Exodus 23:8

And thou shalt take no bribe; for the bribe blinds the wise and perverts the words of the righteous.

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.

1 Samuel 8:3

And his sons did not walk in his ways but turned aside after greed, receiving bribes and perverting that which is right.

Psalm 10:14

Thou hast seen it, for thou dost behold mischief and spite to requite it with thy hand: the poor commits himself unto thee; thou art the helper of the fatherless.

Psalm 11:2

For, behold, the wicked bend their bow; they make ready their arrow upon the string that they may secretly shoot at the upright in heart.

Psalm 36:4

He devises iniquity upon his bed; he sets himself in a way that is not good; he does not abhor evil.

Psalm 52:2

Thy tongue devises wickedness like a sharp razor, working deceitfully.

Psalm 55:9-11

Destroy, O Lord, and divide their tongues, for I have seen violence and strife in the city.

Proverbs 1:16

For their feet shall run to evil and make haste to shed blood.

Proverbs 4:16

For they do not sleep, unless they have done evil; and their sleep is taken away, unless they cause someone to fall.

Isaiah 33:15

He that walks in righteousness, he that speaks uprightly; he that despises the gain of violence, he that shakes his hands from receiving bribes; he that stops his ears to not hear of blood; he who shuts his eyes to not see evil;

Ezekiel 22:12-13

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.

Amos 5:12

For I have known of your many rebellions and your great sins that afflict the just and take a ransom and turn aside the poor in the gate from their right.

Micah 2:1-3

Woe unto those that devise iniquity and fabricate evil upon their beds! when the morning is light, they put it into effect because they have power in their hands.

Micah 7:3

To complete the evil with their hands, the prince demands, and the judge judges for a reward; and the great man speaks the desires of his heart: and they confirm it.

Matthew 26:3-4

Then the princes of the priests and the scribes and the elders of the people assembled together in the palace of the high priest, who was called Caiaphas,

Acts 23:12

And when it was day, certain of the Jews banded together and they vowed under a curse, saying that they would neither eat nor drink until they had killed Paul.