Thematic Bible
Thematic Bible
Bribery » Condemned
Thy rulers are rebellious, and companions of thieves. Everyone loves bribes, and follows after rewards. They judge not the fatherless, nor does the cause of the widow come to them.
And thou shall take no bribe, for a bribe blinds those who have sight, and perverts the words of the righteous.
in whose hands is wickedness, and their right hand is full of bribes.
A wicked man receives a bribe out of the bosom, to pervert the ways of justice.
who justify the wicked for rewards, and take away the justice of the righteous man from him!
He who walks righteously, and speaks uprightly. He who despises the gain of oppressions, who shakes his hands from taking a bribe, who stops his ears from hearing of blood, and shuts his eyes from looking upon evil.
For I know how manifold are your transgressions, and how mighty are your sins--ye who afflict the just man, who take a bribe, and who turn aside the needy in the gate [from their right].
Courts of justice » Corruption and bribery often practised in
For I know how manifold are your transgressions, and how mighty are your sins--ye who afflict the just man, who take a bribe, and who turn aside the needy in the gate [from their right].
Woe to those who decree unrighteous decrees, and to the writers who write perverseness,
that we may buy the poor for silver, and a needy man for a pair of shoes, and sell the refuse of the wheat?
Exposure » Of sin » Rendered doubly certain by God's infinite knowledge
For I know how manifold are your transgressions, and how mighty are your sins--ye who afflict the just man, who take a bribe, and who turn aside the needy in the gate [from their right].
And the Spirit of LORD fell upon me, and he said to me, Speak, Thus says LORD: Thus ye have said, O house of Israel, for I know the things that come into your mind.
For my eyes are upon all their ways. They are not hid from my face, nor is their iniquity concealed from my eyes.
If I sin, then thou mark me. And thou will not acquit me from my iniquity.
For though thou wash thee with lye, and take thee much soap, yet thine iniquity is marked before me, says lord LORD.
And they do not consider in their hearts that I remember all their wickedness. Now their own doings have surrounded them; they are before my face.
Justice » The wicked » Afflict those who act with
For I know how manifold are your transgressions, and how mighty are your sins--ye who afflict the just man, who take a bribe, and who turn aside the needy in the gate [from their right].
I am as a man who is a laughing-stock to his neighbor. I who called upon God, and he answered. The just, the perfect man is a laughing-stock.
Secret sins » Known to God
For I know how manifold are your transgressions, and how mighty are your sins--ye who afflict the just man, who take a bribe, and who turn aside the needy in the gate [from their right].
And the Spirit of LORD fell upon me, and he said to me, Speak, Thus says LORD: Thus ye have said, O house of Israel, for I know the things that come into your mind.
For my eyes are upon all their ways. They are not hid from my face, nor is their iniquity concealed from my eyes.
If I sin, then thou mark me. And thou will not acquit me from my iniquity.
For though thou wash thee with lye, and take thee much soap, yet thine iniquity is marked before me, says lord LORD.
And they do not consider in their hearts that I remember all their wickedness. Now their own doings have surrounded them; they are before my face.
Sin » Internal » Known to God
For I know how manifold are your transgressions, and how mighty are your sins--ye who afflict the just man, who take a bribe, and who turn aside the needy in the gate [from their right].
And the Spirit of LORD fell upon me, and he said to me, Speak, Thus says LORD: Thus ye have said, O house of Israel, for I know the things that come into your mind.
For my eyes are upon all their ways. They are not hid from my face, nor is their iniquity concealed from my eyes.
If I sin, then thou mark me. And thou will not acquit me from my iniquity.
For though thou wash thee with lye, and take thee much soap, yet thine iniquity is marked before me, says lord LORD.
And they do not consider in their hearts that I remember all their wickedness. Now their own doings have surrounded them; they are before my face.
Sin » Described as » Often manifold
For I know how manifold are your transgressions, and how mighty are your sins--ye who afflict the just man, who take a bribe, and who turn aside the needy in the gate [from their right].
Sin » Described as » Often mighty
For I know how manifold are your transgressions, and how mighty are your sins--ye who afflict the just man, who take a bribe, and who turn aside the needy in the gate [from their right].
The Nation » Bribery » Condemned
Thy rulers are rebellious, and companions of thieves. Everyone loves bribes, and follows after rewards. They judge not the fatherless, nor does the cause of the widow come to them.
And thou shall take no bribe, for a bribe blinds those who have sight, and perverts the words of the righteous.
in whose hands is wickedness, and their right hand is full of bribes.
A wicked man receives a bribe out of the bosom, to pervert the ways of justice.
who justify the wicked for rewards, and take away the justice of the righteous man from him!
He who walks righteously, and speaks uprightly. He who despises the gain of oppressions, who shakes his hands from taking a bribe, who stops his ears from hearing of blood, and shuts his eyes from looking upon evil.
For I know how manifold are your transgressions, and how mighty are your sins--ye who afflict the just man, who take a bribe, and who turn aside the needy in the gate [from their right].