7 Bible Verses about Bribery, Results Of
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In whose hands are evil devices, and their right hand is full of bribes.
And thou shalt take no bribe; for the bribe blindeth those whose eyes are open, and perverteth the words of the righteous.
thy princes are rebellious, and companions of thieves; every one loveth presents, and hunteth after rewards; they judge not the fatherless, and the cause of the widow cometh not unto them.
For I know how manifold are your transgressions and your sins mighty: they afflict the just, they take a bribe, and they turn aside the right of the needy in the gate.
Thus saith Jehovah: For three transgressions of Israel, and for four, I will not revoke its sentence; because they have sold the righteous for silver, and the needy for a pair of shoes;
A wicked man taketh a gift out of the bosom, to pervert the paths of judgment.
A king by just judgment establisheth the land; but he that taketh gifts overthroweth it.
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