Thematic Bible
Thematic Bible
Bribery » Condemned
Thy princes are rebellious and companions of thieves; every one loves bribes and follows after rewards; they do not hear the fatherless in judgment, neither does the cause of the widow come unto them.
And thou shalt take no bribe; for the bribe blinds the wise and perverts the words of the righteous.
In whose hands are wicked devices, and their right hand is full of bribes.
A wicked man takes a gift in secret to pervert the paths of judgment.
who justify the wicked for bribes and take away the righteousness of the righteous from him!
He that walks in righteousness, he that speaks uprightly; he that despises the gain of violence, he that shakes his hands from receiving bribes; he that stops his ears to not hear of blood; he who shuts his eyes to not see evil;
For I have known of your many rebellions and your great sins that afflict the just and take a ransom and turn aside the poor in the gate from their right.
Presents » Were given » To judges to secure a favorable hearing
A wicked man takes a gift in secret to pervert the paths of judgment.
Thus hath the LORD said: For three transgressions of Israel and for the fourth, I will not convert her because they sold the righteous for silver and the poor for a pair of shoes,
The judgment of babylon » Who perverts the ways of judgment
A wicked man takes a gift in secret to pervert the paths of judgment.
The Nation » Bribery » Condemned
Thy princes are rebellious and companions of thieves; every one loves bribes and follows after rewards; they do not hear the fatherless in judgment, neither does the cause of the widow come unto them.
And thou shalt take no bribe; for the bribe blinds the wise and perverts the words of the righteous.
In whose hands are wicked devices, and their right hand is full of bribes.
A wicked man takes a gift in secret to pervert the paths of judgment.
who justify the wicked for bribes and take away the righteousness of the righteous from him!
He that walks in righteousness, he that speaks uprightly; he that despises the gain of violence, he that shakes his hands from receiving bribes; he that stops his ears to not hear of blood; he who shuts his eyes to not see evil;
For I have known of your many rebellions and your great sins that afflict the just and take a ransom and turn aside the poor in the gate from their right.