7 Bible Verses about Bribery

Your princes [are] rebels and companions of thieves. Every one loves a bribe and runs after gifts. They do not defend [the] orphan and [the] legal dispute of [the] widow does not come before them.

And you will not take a bribe, because the bribe makes [the] sighted blind and ruins [the] words of [the] righteous.

in whose hands [is] an evil plan, and whose right hand is full of bribes.

The wicked will accept a bribe from the lap, [in order] to pervert the ways of justice.

Those who acquit the guilty because of a bribe and remove [the] justice of [the] innocent from him.

"[Let there be] a covenant between me and you, between my father and your father. Look, I have sent you a gift of silver and gold. Go, break your covenant with Baasha king of Israel that he may go up [away] from me."

And the rulers of [the] Philistines came up to her and said, "Entice him and find out what makes his strength so great, and how we can overpower him, so that we may bind him up in order to subdue him; each of us will give you eleven hundred pieces of silver.

But his sons did not walk in his ways; they turned aside after gain, they took bribes, and they perverted justice.

If it pleases the king, let a [decree] be issued to destroy them, and I will pay ten thousand talents of silver to those who do the job, to bring to the treasury of the king."

And [after they] had assembled with the elders and had taken counsel, they gave a rather large sum of money to the soldiers,

And you will not take a bribe, because the bribe makes [the] sighted blind and ruins [the] words of [the] righteous.

You shall not subvert justice; you shall not {show partiality}; and you shall not take a bribe, for the bribe makes blind [the] eyes of [the] wise and misrepresents [the] words of [the] righteous.

The gift of a person will open doors for him, and before the great, it gives him access.

Surely oppression makes a fool of the wise, and a bribe corrupts the heart.

And you will not take a bribe, because the bribe makes [the] sighted blind and ruins [the] words of [the] righteous.

You shall not subvert justice; you shall not {show partiality}; and you shall not take a bribe, for the bribe makes blind [the] eyes of [the] wise and misrepresents [the] words of [the] righteous.

So now, let the fear of Yahweh be upon you all. {Be careful what you do}, for there is neither wickedness nor {showing partiality} and taking bribes with Yahweh our God."

And [when] they heard [this], they were delighted, and promised to give him money. And he began seeking how he could betray him conveniently.

[and] said, "What are you willing to give me if I in turn deliver him to you?" So they set out for him thirty silver coins.

Then [when] Judas, the one who had betrayed him, saw that he had been condemned, he regretted [what he had done] [and] returned the thirty silver coins to the chief priests and elders, saying, "I have sinned [by] betraying innocent blood!" But they said, "What [is that] to us? You see to [it]!" And throwing the silver coins into the temple he departed. And he went away [and] hanged himself. read more.
But the chief priests took the silver coins [and] said, "It is not permitted to put them into the temple treasury, because it is {blood money}." And [after] taking counsel, they purchased {with} them the Potter's Field, for a burial place for strangers. (For this reason that field has been called the Field of Blood until today.) Then what was spoken by the prophet Jeremiah was fulfilled, who said, "And they took the thirty silver coins, the price of the one who had been priced, [on] whom a price had been set by the sons of Israel,

And they were delighted, and came to an agreement with him to give [him] money.

He who walks [in] righteousness and speaks uprightness, who rejects [the] gain of extortion, who {refuses} bribe, who stops up his ears from hearing {bloodshed} and shuts his eyes from seeing evil. That one will live [on the] heights; [the] fortresses of rocks [will be] his refuge. His food [will] be given; his waters [will] endure.

He who makes trouble for his house [is] he who is greedy for unjust gain, but he who hates bribes will live.

By justice a king gives stability [to] a land, but a man of bribes will ruin it.

And [after they] had assembled with the elders and had taken counsel, they gave a rather large sum of money to the soldiers, telling [them], "Say 'His disciples came during the night [and] stole him [while] we were sleeping.' And if this [matter] is heard before the governor, we will satisfy him and {keep you out of trouble}." read more.
So they took the money [and] did as they were told, and spread abroad this report among the Jews until this very day.

Now I went into the house of Shemaiah son of Delaiah, son of Mehetabel, who was confined [at home], and he said, "Let us meet in the house of God, inside the temple, and let us close the doors of the temple; for they are coming to kill you--during the night they are coming to kill you." But I said, "Should a man like me run away? And would a man like me go into the temple so that he can save his life? I will not go in!" Then I look and realized God had not sent him; rather, he had spoken the prophecy against me [because] Tobiah and Sanballat had hired him. read more.
For this reason he was hired: to frighten [me] so that I would act and sin, so that they would have a bad report so they could taunt me.

"[Let there be] a covenant between me and you, between my father and your father. Look, I have sent you a gift of silver and gold. Go, break your covenant with Baasha king of Israel that he may go up [away] from me."

for [the] company of [the] godless [is] barren, and fire consumes the tents of those who accept bribes.

At the same time he was also hoping that money would be given to him by Paul. For this reason also he sent for him as often as possible [and] talked with him.

And the rulers of [the] Philistines came up to her and said, "Entice him and find out what makes his strength so great, and how we can overpower him, so that we may bind him up in order to subdue him; each of us will give you eleven hundred pieces of silver.

If it pleases the king, let a [decree] be issued to destroy them, and I will pay ten thousand talents of silver to those who do the job, to bring to the treasury of the king."

Your princes [are] rebels and companions of thieves. Every one loves a bribe and runs after gifts. They do not defend [the] orphan and [the] legal dispute of [the] widow does not come before them.

And you will not take a bribe, because the bribe makes [the] sighted blind and ruins [the] words of [the] righteous.

in whose hands [is] an evil plan, and whose right hand is full of bribes.

The wicked will accept a bribe from the lap, [in order] to pervert the ways of justice.

Those who acquit the guilty because of a bribe and remove [the] justice of [the] innocent from him.

"[Let there be] a covenant between me and you, between my father and your father. Look, I have sent you a gift of silver and gold. Go, break your covenant with Baasha king of Israel that he may go up [away] from me."

And the rulers of [the] Philistines came up to her and said, "Entice him and find out what makes his strength so great, and how we can overpower him, so that we may bind him up in order to subdue him; each of us will give you eleven hundred pieces of silver.

But his sons did not walk in his ways; they turned aside after gain, they took bribes, and they perverted justice.

If it pleases the king, let a [decree] be issued to destroy them, and I will pay ten thousand talents of silver to those who do the job, to bring to the treasury of the king."

And [after they] had assembled with the elders and had taken counsel, they gave a rather large sum of money to the soldiers,