Thematic Bible
Thematic Bible
Bribery » Condemned
Thy princes are rebellious, and companions of thieves: every one loveth gifts, and followeth after rewards: they judge not the fatherless, neither doth the cause of the widow come unto them.
And thou shalt take no gift: for the gift blindeth the wise, and perverteth the words of the righteous.
In whose hands is mischief, and their right hand is full of bribes.
A wicked man taketh a gift out of the bosom to pervert the ways of judgment.
Which justify the wicked for reward, 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 holding of bribes, that stoppeth his ears from hearing of blood, and shutteth his eyes from seeing evil;
For I know your manifold transgressions and your mighty sins: they afflict the just, they take a bribe, and they turn aside the poor in the gate from their right.
hands » Of the wicked, described as » Mischievous
In whose hands is mischief, and their right hand is full of bribes.
That they may do evil with both hands earnestly, the prince asketh, and the judge asketh for a reward; and the great man, he uttereth his mischievous desire: so they wrap it up.
hands » Right hand, illustrative » (full of bribes,) of corruption
In whose hands is mischief, and their right hand is full of bribes.
The Nation » Bribery » Condemned
Thy princes are rebellious, and companions of thieves: every one loveth gifts, and followeth after rewards: they judge not the fatherless, neither doth the cause of the widow come unto them.
And thou shalt take no gift: for the gift blindeth the wise, and perverteth the words of the righteous.
In whose hands is mischief, and their right hand is full of bribes.
A wicked man taketh a gift out of the bosom to pervert the ways of judgment.
Which justify the wicked for reward, 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 holding of bribes, that stoppeth his ears from hearing of blood, and shutteth his eyes from seeing evil;
For I know your manifold transgressions and your mighty sins: they afflict the just, they take a bribe, and they turn aside the poor in the gate from their right.