11 Bible Verses about Effect Of Bribes
Most Relevant Verses
The bribe [is] a stone of magic in the eyes of its owner; {everywhere} he will turn, he will prosper.
The gift of a person will open doors for him, and before the great, it gives him access.
A gift in secret will avert {anger}, and a {concealed bribe}, strong wrath.
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.
By justice a king gives stability [to] a land, but a man of bribes will ruin it.
{Showing partiality} [is] not good, and over a morsel of bread, a strong man will do wrong.
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.
'Cursed be the one who takes a bribe {to murder an innocent person}.' And all the people shall say, 'Amen.'
To all prostitutes they give a fee, but you, you gave your gifts to all of your lovers, and you bribed them to come to you from all around in your whorings!
