And you will not take a bribe, because the bribe makes [the] sighted blind and ruins [the] words of [the] righteous.

You shall not subvert justice; you shall not {show partiality}; and you shall not take a bribe, for the bribe makes blind [the] eyes of [the] wise and misrepresents [the] words of [the] righteous.

'Cursed be the one who takes a bribe {to murder an innocent person}.' And all the people shall say, 'Amen.'

Here I am! Testify against me before Yahweh and before his anointed one! Whose ox have I taken? Or whose donkey have I taken? Or whom have I exploited? Whom have I oppressed? Or from whose hand have I taken a bribe, that I may shut my eyes {regarding} him?-then I will restore it to you."

Is it because I have said, 'Give to me,' or, 'Offer a bribe for me from your wealth'?

He does not lend his money at interest, and does not take a bribe against [the] innocent. He who does these [things] will never be shaken.

He will not accept {any compensation}, and he will not be willing, though the bribe is large.

The bribe [is] a stone of magic in the eyes of its owner; {everywhere} he will turn, he will prosper.

The wicked will accept a bribe from the lap, [in order] to pervert the ways of justice.

A gift in secret will avert {anger}, and a {concealed bribe}, strong wrath.

Surely oppression makes a fool of the wise, and a bribe corrupts the heart.

Your princes [are] rebels and companions of thieves. Every one loves a bribe and runs after gifts. They do not defend [the] orphan and [the] legal dispute of [the] widow does not come before them.

Those who acquit the guilty because of a bribe and remove [the] justice of [the] innocent from him.

He who walks [in] righteousness and speaks uprightness, who rejects [the] gain of extortion, who {refuses} bribe, who stops up his ears from hearing {bloodshed} and shuts his eyes from seeing evil.

They take a bribe among you in order to shed blood; and you take usury, and you make gain [from] your neighbors by extortion, and [so] you have forgotten me, {declares} the Lord Yahweh.

For I know your transgressions [are] many and your sins [are] numerous, [you] foes of [the] righteous, those who take a bribe, and {those who} push aside [the] poor [ones] in the gate!

Its rulers judge for a bribe; its priests teach for a price; its prophets practice divination for money. But they lean on Yahweh, saying, "[Is] not Yahweh in our midst? Disaster will not come upon us."

Their hands [are] upon evil, to do [it] well; the official and the judge ask for the bribe, and the great [man] utters the evil desire of his soul; and they weave [it] together.