6 Bible Verses about Bribery, Is Sin

You are not to take a bribe because a bribe blinds the clear-sighted and distorts the words of the righteous.

So let the fear of the LORD rest upon you, be on your guard, and act carefully, because with the LORD our God there is neither injustice, nor partiality, nor bribery."

For the LORD your God is the God of all gods, the LORD of all lords, the great God, mighty and awesome, who does not show favoritism or take bribes.

Privately given gifts pacify wrath, and payments made secretly appease great anger.

For the company of the godless is desolation, and fire consumes the tents of those who bribe.

""Cursed is one who accepts a bribe to kill an innocent person.' "Then all the people are to respond by saying, "Amen!'