Thematic Bible
Thematic Bible
Bribery » Condemned
friends of thieves.
They all love graft
and chase after bribes.
They do not defend the rights of the fatherless,
and the widow’s case never comes before them.
You must not take a bribe, for a bribe blinds the clear-sighted and corrupts the words of the righteous.
Verse Concepts
to subvert the course of justice.
and speaks rightly,
who refuses gain from extortion,
whose hand never takes a bribe,
who stops his ears from listening to murderous plots
and shuts his eyes to avoid endorsing evil
and your sins innumerable.
They oppress the righteous,
and deprive the poor of justice
Presents » Were given » To judges to secure a favorable hearing
to subvert the course of justice.
The Lord says:
I will not relent from punishing Israel
for three crimes, even four,
because they sell a righteous person for silver
and a needy person for a pair of sandals.
Verse Concepts
for three crimes, even four,
because they sell a righteous person for silver
and a needy person for a pair of sandals.
The judgment of babylon » Who perverts the ways of judgment
to subvert the course of justice.
The Nation » Bribery » Condemned
friends of thieves.
They all love graft
and chase after bribes.
They do not defend the rights of the fatherless,
and the widow’s case never comes before them.
You must not take a bribe, for a bribe blinds the clear-sighted and corrupts the words of the righteous.
Verse Concepts
to subvert the course of justice.
and speaks rightly,
who refuses gain from extortion,
whose hand never takes a bribe,
who stops his ears from listening to murderous plots
and shuts his eyes to avoid endorsing evil
and your sins innumerable.
They oppress the righteous,
and deprive the poor of justice