Thematic Bible
Thematic Bible
Bribery » Condemned
thy princes are rebellious, and companions of thieves; every one loveth presents, and hunteth after rewards; they judge not the fatherless, and the cause of the widow cometh not unto them.
And thou shalt take no bribe; for the bribe blindeth those whose eyes are open, and perverteth the words of the righteous.
In whose hands are evil devices, and their right hand is full of bribes.
A wicked man taketh a gift out of the bosom, to pervert the paths of judgment.
who justify the wicked for a bribe, and turn away the righteousness of the righteous from them!
He that walketh righteously, and speaketh uprightly; he that despiseth the gain of oppressions, that shaketh his hands from taking hold of bribes, that stoppeth his ears from hearing of blood, and shutteth his eyes from seeing evil:
For I know how manifold are your transgressions and your sins mighty: they afflict the just, they take a bribe, and they turn aside the right of the needy in the gate.
Courts of justice » Corruption and bribery often practised in
For I know how manifold are your transgressions and your sins mighty: they afflict the just, they take a bribe, and they turn aside the right of the needy in the gate.
Woe unto them that decree iniquitous decrees, and to the writers that prescribe oppression,
that we may buy the poor for silver, and the needy for a pair of shoes; and that we may 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 your sins mighty: they afflict the just, they take a bribe, and they turn aside the right of the needy in the gate.
And the Spirit of Jehovah fell on me, and said unto me, Speak, Thus saith Jehovah: Thus have ye said, O house of Israel; and the things that come into your mind, I know them.
For mine eyes are upon all their ways; they are not concealed from my face, neither is their iniquity hidden from before mine eyes.
If I sinned, thou wouldest mark me, and thou wouldest not acquit me of mine iniquity.
For though thou wash thee with nitre, and take thee much potash, thine iniquity is marked before me, saith the Lord Jehovah.
And they say not in their hearts that I remember all their wickedness: now do their own doings encompass them; they are before my face.
Justice » The wicked » Afflict those who act with
For I know how manifold are your transgressions and your sins mighty: they afflict the just, they take a bribe, and they turn aside the right of the needy in the gate.
I am to be one that is a derision to his friend, I who call upon +God, and whom he will answer: a derision is the just upright man.
Secret sins » Known to God
For I know how manifold are your transgressions and your sins mighty: they afflict the just, they take a bribe, and they turn aside the right of the needy in the gate.
And the Spirit of Jehovah fell on me, and said unto me, Speak, Thus saith Jehovah: Thus have ye said, O house of Israel; and the things that come into your mind, I know them.
For mine eyes are upon all their ways; they are not concealed from my face, neither is their iniquity hidden from before mine eyes.
If I sinned, thou wouldest mark me, and thou wouldest not acquit me of mine iniquity.
For though thou wash thee with nitre, and take thee much potash, thine iniquity is marked before me, saith the Lord Jehovah.
And they say not in their hearts that I remember all their wickedness: now do their own doings encompass them; they are before my face.
Sin » Internal » Known to God
For I know how manifold are your transgressions and your sins mighty: they afflict the just, they take a bribe, and they turn aside the right of the needy in the gate.
And the Spirit of Jehovah fell on me, and said unto me, Speak, Thus saith Jehovah: Thus have ye said, O house of Israel; and the things that come into your mind, I know them.
For mine eyes are upon all their ways; they are not concealed from my face, neither is their iniquity hidden from before mine eyes.
If I sinned, thou wouldest mark me, and thou wouldest not acquit me of mine iniquity.
For though thou wash thee with nitre, and take thee much potash, thine iniquity is marked before me, saith the Lord Jehovah.
And they say not in their hearts that I remember all their wickedness: now do their own doings encompass them; they are before my face.
Sin » Described as » Often manifold
For I know how manifold are your transgressions and your sins mighty: they afflict the just, they take a bribe, and they turn aside the right of the needy in the gate.
Sin » Described as » Often mighty
For I know how manifold are your transgressions and your sins mighty: they afflict the just, they take a bribe, and they turn aside the right of the needy in the gate.
The Nation » Bribery » Condemned
thy princes are rebellious, and companions of thieves; every one loveth presents, and hunteth after rewards; they judge not the fatherless, and the cause of the widow cometh not unto them.
And thou shalt take no bribe; for the bribe blindeth those whose eyes are open, and perverteth the words of the righteous.
In whose hands are evil devices, and their right hand is full of bribes.
A wicked man taketh a gift out of the bosom, to pervert the paths of judgment.
who justify the wicked for a bribe, and turn away the righteousness of the righteous from them!
He that walketh righteously, and speaketh uprightly; he that despiseth the gain of oppressions, that shaketh his hands from taking hold of bribes, that stoppeth his ears from hearing of blood, and shutteth his eyes from seeing evil:
For I know how manifold are your transgressions and your sins mighty: they afflict the just, they take a bribe, and they turn aside the right of the needy in the gate.