8 Bible Verses about Avoiding Bribes
Most Relevant Verses
"You shall take no bribe, for a bribe blinds those who have sight and perverts the words of the righteous.
You shall not wrest justice: you shall not respect persons; neither shall you take a bribe; for a bribe does blind the eyes of the wise, and pervert the words of the righteous.
he who doesn't lend out his money for usury, nor take a bribe against the innocent. He who does these things shall never be shaken.
Here I am. Witness against me before the LORD, and before his anointed. Whose ox have I taken? Whose donkey have I taken? Whom have I defrauded? Whom have I oppressed? Of whose hand have I taken a ransom to blind my eyes therewith? I will restore it to you."
He who walks righteously, and speaks blamelessly; He who despises the gain of oppressions, who gestures with his hands, refusing to take a bribe, who stops his ears from hearing of blood, and shuts his eyes from looking at evil?
For the LORD your God, he is God of gods, and Lord of lords, the great God, the mighty, and the awesome, who doesn't respect persons, nor takes reward.
Bible Theasaurus
- Avoiding (6 instances)
- Bribes (18 instances)