Thematic Bible
Thematic Bible
Bribery » Condemned
Thy princes are rebellious, and companions of thieves; every one loveth bribes, and followeth after rewards: they judge not the fatherless, neither doth the cause of the widow come unto them.
And thou shalt take no bribe: for a bribe blindeth them that have sight, and perverteth the words of the righteous.
In whose hands is wickedness, And their right hand is full of bribes.
A wicked man receiveth a bribe out of the bosom, To pervert the ways of justice.
that justify the wicked for a bribe, and take away the righteousness of the righteous from him!
He that walketh righteously, and speaketh uprightly; he that despiseth the gain of oppressions, that shaketh his hands from taking a bribe, that stoppeth his ears from hearing of blood, and shutteth his eyes from looking upon evil:
For I know how manifold are your transgressions, and how mighty are your sins-ye that afflict the just, that take a bribe, and that 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 that afflict the just, that take a bribe, and that turn aside the needy in the gate from their right .
Woe unto them that decree unrighteous decrees, and to the writers that write perverseness;
that we may buy the poor for silver, and the needy 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 that afflict the just, that take a bribe, and that turn aside the needy in the gate from their right .
And the Spirit of Jehovah fell upon me, and he said unto me, Speak, Thus saith Jehovah: Thus have ye said, O house of Israel; for I know the things that come into your mind.
For mine eyes are upon all their ways; they are not hid from my face, neither is their iniquity concealed from mine eyes.
If I sin, then thou markest me, And thou wilt not acquit me from mine iniquity.
For though thou wash thee with lye, and take thee much soap, yet thine iniquity is marked before me, saith the Lord Jehovah.
And they consider not in their hearts that I remember all their wickedness: now have their own doings beset them about; 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 that afflict the just, that take a bribe, and that turn aside the needy in the gate from their right .
I am as one that 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 that afflict the just, that take a bribe, and that turn aside the needy in the gate from their right .
And the Spirit of Jehovah fell upon me, and he said unto me, Speak, Thus saith Jehovah: Thus have ye said, O house of Israel; for I know the things that come into your mind.
For mine eyes are upon all their ways; they are not hid from my face, neither is their iniquity concealed from mine eyes.
If I sin, then thou markest me, And thou wilt not acquit me from mine iniquity.
For though thou wash thee with lye, and take thee much soap, yet thine iniquity is marked before me, saith the Lord Jehovah.
And they consider not in their hearts that I remember all their wickedness: now have their own doings beset them about; 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 that afflict the just, that take a bribe, and that turn aside the needy in the gate from their right .
And the Spirit of Jehovah fell upon me, and he said unto me, Speak, Thus saith Jehovah: Thus have ye said, O house of Israel; for I know the things that come into your mind.
For mine eyes are upon all their ways; they are not hid from my face, neither is their iniquity concealed from mine eyes.
If I sin, then thou markest me, And thou wilt not acquit me from mine iniquity.
For though thou wash thee with lye, and take thee much soap, yet thine iniquity is marked before me, saith the Lord Jehovah.
And they consider not in their hearts that I remember all their wickedness: now have their own doings beset them about; 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 that afflict the just, that take a bribe, and that 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 that afflict the just, that take a bribe, and that turn aside the needy in the gate from their right .
The Nation » Bribery » Condemned
Thy princes are rebellious, and companions of thieves; every one loveth bribes, and followeth after rewards: they judge not the fatherless, neither doth the cause of the widow come unto them.
And thou shalt take no bribe: for a bribe blindeth them that have sight, and perverteth the words of the righteous.
In whose hands is wickedness, And their right hand is full of bribes.
A wicked man receiveth a bribe out of the bosom, To pervert the ways of justice.
that justify the wicked for a bribe, and take away the righteousness of the righteous from him!
He that walketh righteously, and speaketh uprightly; he that despiseth the gain of oppressions, that shaketh his hands from taking a bribe, that stoppeth his ears from hearing of blood, and shutteth his eyes from looking upon evil:
For I know how manifold are your transgressions, and how mighty are your sins-ye that afflict the just, that take a bribe, and that turn aside the needy in the gate from their right .