Thematic Bible
Thematic Bible
Bribery » Condemned
your rulers are rebellious, and companions of thieves; everyone loves a bribe, and is pursuing rewards; they do not judge the orphan, nor does the cause of the widow come to them.
And you shall take no bribe, for the bribe blinds the wise and perverts the words of the righteous.
in whose hands is a plot, and their right hand is full of a bribe.
A wicked man takes a bribe out of the bosom to pervert the ways of judgment.
who justify the wicked for a bribe, and take away the righteousness of the righteous from him!
He who walks righteously and speaks uprightly; he who despises the gain of oppressions, who shakes his hands free from holding bribes, who stops his ear from hearing of blood, and shuts his eyes from seeing evil;
For I know your many transgressions and your many sins. They afflict the just, they take a bribe, and they turn aside the poor in the gate.
hands » Of the wicked, described as » Mischievous
in whose hands is a plot, and their right hand is full of a bribe.
Both hands are on evil, to do it well. The ruler asks for a bribe, and the judge also; and the great man speaks the evil desire of his soul. So they weave it together.
hands » Right hand, illustrative » (full of bribes,) of corruption
in whose hands is a plot, and their right hand is full of a bribe.
The Nation » Bribery » Condemned
your rulers are rebellious, and companions of thieves; everyone loves a bribe, and is pursuing rewards; they do not judge the orphan, nor does the cause of the widow come to them.
And you shall take no bribe, for the bribe blinds the wise and perverts the words of the righteous.
in whose hands is a plot, and their right hand is full of a bribe.
A wicked man takes a bribe out of the bosom to pervert the ways of judgment.
who justify the wicked for a bribe, and take away the righteousness of the righteous from him!
He who walks righteously and speaks uprightly; he who despises the gain of oppressions, who shakes his hands free from holding bribes, who stops his ear from hearing of blood, and shuts his eyes from seeing evil;
For I know your many transgressions and your many sins. They afflict the just, they take a bribe, and they turn aside the poor in the gate.