7 Bible Verses about Bribery

Your officials are rebels, they associate with thieves. All of them love bribery, and look for payoffs. They do not take up the cause of the orphan, or defend the rights of the widow.

"You must not accept a bribe, for a bribe blinds those who see and subverts the words of the righteous.

who are always ready to do wrong or offer a bribe.

A wicked person receives a bribe secretly to pervert the ways of justice.

They pronounce the guilty innocent for a payoff, they ignore the just cause of the innocent.

"I want to make a treaty with you, like the one our fathers made. See, I have sent you silver and gold as a present. Break your treaty with King Baasha of Israel, so he will retreat from my land."

The rulers of the Philistines went up to visit her and said to her, "Trick him! Find out what makes him so strong and how we can subdue him and humiliate him. Each one of us will give you eleven hundred silver pieces."

But his sons did not follow his ways. Instead, they made money dishonestly, accepted bribes, and perverted justice.

If the king is so inclined, let an edict be issued to destroy them. I will pay ten thousand talents of silver to be conveyed to the king's treasuries for the officials who carry out this business."

After they had assembled with the elders and formed a plan, they gave a large sum of money to the soldiers,

"You must not accept a bribe, for a bribe blinds those who see and subverts the words of the righteous.

You must not pervert justice or show favor. Do not take a bribe, for bribes blind the eyes of the wise and distort the words of the righteous.

A person's gift makes room for him, and leads him before important people.

Surely oppression can turn a wise person into a fool; likewise, a bribe corrupts the heart.

"You must not accept a bribe, for a bribe blinds those who see and subverts the words of the righteous.

You must not pervert justice or show favor. Do not take a bribe, for bribes blind the eyes of the wise and distort the words of the righteous.

Respect the Lord and make careful decisions, for the Lord our God disapproves of injustice, partiality, and bribery."

When they heard this, they were delighted and promised to give him money. So Judas began looking for an opportunity to betray him.

and said, "What will you give me to betray him into your hands?" So they set out thirty silver coins for him.

Now when Judas, who had betrayed him, saw that Jesus had been condemned, he regretted what he had done and returned the thirty silver coins to the chief priests and the elders, saying, "I have sinned by betraying innocent blood!" But they said, "What is that to us? You take care of it yourself!" So Judas threw the silver coins into the temple and left. Then he went out and hanged himself. read more.
The chief priests took the silver and said, "It is not lawful to put this into the temple treasury, since it is blood money." After consulting together they bought the Potter's Field with it, as a burial place for foreigners. For this reason that field has been called the "Field of Blood" to this day. Then what was spoken by Jeremiah the prophet was fulfilled: "They took the thirty silver coins, the price of the one whose price had been set by the people of Israel,

They were delighted and arranged to give him money.

The one who lives uprightly and speaks honestly; the one who refuses to profit from oppressive measures and rejects a bribe; the one who does not plot violent crimes and does not seek to harm others -- This is the person who will live in a secure place; he will find safety in the rocky, mountain strongholds; he will have food and a constant supply of water.

The one who is greedy for gain troubles his household, but whoever hates bribes will live.

A king brings stability to a land by justice, but one who exacts tribute tears it down.

After they had assembled with the elders and formed a plan, they gave a large sum of money to the soldiers, telling them, "You are to say, 'His disciples came at night and stole his body while we were asleep.' 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 instructed. And this story is told among the Jews to this day.

Then I went to the house of Shemaiah son of Delaiah, the son of Mehetabel. He was confined to his home. He said, "Let's set up a time to meet in the house of God, within the temple. Let's close the doors of the temple, for they are coming to kill you. It will surely be at night that they will come to kill you." But I replied, "Should a man like me run away? Would someone like me flee to the temple in order to save his life? I will not go!" I recognized the fact that God had not sent him, for he had spoken the prophecy against me as a hired agent of Tobiah and Sanballat. read more.
He had been hired to scare me so that I would do this and thereby sin. They would thus bring reproach on me and I would be discredited.

"I want to make a treaty with you, like the one our fathers made. See, I have sent you silver and gold as a present. Break your treaty with King Baasha of Israel, so he will retreat from my land."

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 Paul would give him money, and for this reason he sent for Paul as often as possible and talked with him.

The rulers of the Philistines went up to visit her and said to her, "Trick him! Find out what makes him so strong and how we can subdue him and humiliate him. Each one of us will give you eleven hundred silver pieces."

If the king is so inclined, let an edict be issued to destroy them. I will pay ten thousand talents of silver to be conveyed to the king's treasuries for the officials who carry out this business."

Your officials are rebels, they associate with thieves. All of them love bribery, and look for payoffs. They do not take up the cause of the orphan, or defend the rights of the widow.

"You must not accept a bribe, for a bribe blinds those who see and subverts the words of the righteous.

who are always ready to do wrong or offer a bribe.

A wicked person receives a bribe secretly to pervert the ways of justice.

They pronounce the guilty innocent for a payoff, they ignore the just cause of the innocent.

"I want to make a treaty with you, like the one our fathers made. See, I have sent you silver and gold as a present. Break your treaty with King Baasha of Israel, so he will retreat from my land."

The rulers of the Philistines went up to visit her and said to her, "Trick him! Find out what makes him so strong and how we can subdue him and humiliate him. Each one of us will give you eleven hundred silver pieces."

But his sons did not follow his ways. Instead, they made money dishonestly, accepted bribes, and perverted justice.

If the king is so inclined, let an edict be issued to destroy them. I will pay ten thousand talents of silver to be conveyed to the king's treasuries for the officials who carry out this business."

After they had assembled with the elders and formed a plan, they gave a large sum of money to the soldiers,