3 Bible Verses about Bribery
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Bribery » Condemned
Bribery » Examples of
And when they had assembled with the [Jewish] elders and conferred with them, they offered large sums of money to the soldiers,
Bribery » What gifts (bribes) do
Bribery » Not taking gifts (bribes)
Bribery » Instances of » Chief priests bribe judas
And when they [i.e., the leading priests] realized this, they were very pleased and promised to give him money. So, Judas began looking for a convenient way to turn Jesus over to these Jewish leaders.
and said, "What would you give me if I turned Jesus over to you?" And they weighed out thirty silver coins [Note: This amount was equivalent to about five months of a farm laborer's wages, or approximately $7,000 in 1994], and promised [See Mark 14:11] to give him that much money.
Then Judas, who had betrayed Him [to the Jewish leaders], when he saw that Jesus had been condemned to die, changed his mind [i.e., about betraying Him] and brought back the thirty silver coins [Note: See Matt. 26:15 for the amount of money involved] to the leading priests and [Jewish] elders, saying, "I have sinned by delivering up an innocent man to die." But they replied, "What is that to us? It is your affair!" And he threw down the thirty silver coins in the Sanctuary [i.e., probably the outer area of the Temple], then left and went out and hanged himself. read more.
The leading priests took the silver coins and said, "It is not permissible by the law of Moses to put this money in the Temple treasury, since it is the price [paid] for [taking] a life. So, they conferred together [and decided] to buy "The Potter's Field" with the money [Note: This was probably an abandoned field where clay had been obtained for making pottery], for use in burying people who were not from the local area. So, that field is called, "The Field of Blood" to this day. [Thus the prophecy] spoken by Jeremiah, the prophet [Note: The passage actually appears to be Zech. 11:12-13], was fulfilled which said, "And they took the thirty silver coins, the amount charged for Him on whom certain Israelites had set a price,
Bribery » Those that do not receive bribes
Bribery » Those that hate gifts (bribes)
Bribery » Those that receive gifts (bribes)
Bribery » Instances of » Soldiers bribed to declare that the disciples stole the body of jesus
And when they had assembled with the [Jewish] elders and conferred with them, they offered large sums of money to the soldiers, saying, "We want you to say, 'Jesus' disciples came at night and stole his body while we were asleep.' And if the governor hears about this [plot], we will persuade him [i.e., not to punish you for negligence], so you will not have to worry about that." read more.
So, they took the money and did as they were instructed. And this story [i.e., that Jesus' body had been stolen by His disciples] was told widely among the Jews, and continues to be told to this day.
Bribery » Instances of » The false prophet, shemaiah
Bribery » Instances of » benhadad
Bribery » The tabernacles of bribery
Bribery » Instances of » Governor felix seeks a bribe from paul
He had hoped, along with everything else, that he would receive money from Paul, so he sent for him more frequently and had discussions with him.
Bribery » Instances of » Delilah
Bribery » Instances of » Haman bribes ahasuerus to destroy the jews
The Nation » Bribery » Condemned
The Nation » Bribery » Examples of
And when they had assembled with the [Jewish] elders and conferred with them, they offered large sums of money to the soldiers,
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Bribery, Examples Of
Matthew 27:3-9Then Judas, who had betrayed Him [to the Jewish leaders], when he saw that Jesus had been condemned to die, changed his mind [i.e., about betraying Him] and brought back the thirty silver coins [Note: See Matt. 26:15 for the amount of money involved] to the leading priests and [Jewish] elders,