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Exodus 23.8:

You shall take no bribe, for a bribe blinds the officials, and subverts the cause of those who are in the right.

Deuteronomy 10.17:

For the Lord your God is God of gods and Lord of lords, the great God, mighty and awesome, who is not partial and takes no bribe,

Deuteronomy 16.19:

You must not distort justice; you must not show partiality; and you must not accept bribes, for a bribe blinds the eyes of the wise and subverts the cause of those who are in the right.

Deuteronomy 27.25:

‘Cursed be anyone who takes a bribe to shed innocent blood.’ All the people shall say, ‘Amen!’

1 Samuel 8.3:

Yet his sons did not follow in his ways, but turned aside after gain; they took bribes and perverted justice.

1 Samuel 12.3:

Here I am; testify against me before the Lord and before his anointed. Whose ox have I taken? Or whose donkey have I taken? Or whom have I defrauded? Whom have I oppressed? Or from whose hand have I taken a bribe to blind my eyes with it? Testify against me^* and I will restore it to you.’

2 Chronicles 19.7:

Now, let the fear of the Lord be upon you; take care what you do, for there is no perversion of justice with the Lord our God, or partiality, or taking of bribes.’

Ezra 4.5:

and they bribed officials to frustrate their plan throughout the reign of King Cyrus of Persia and until the reign of King Darius of Persia.

Job 6.22:

Have I said, “Make me a gift”?
Or, “From your wealth offer a bribe for me”?

Job 15.34:

For the company of the godless is barren,
and fire consumes the tents of bribery.

Psalm 15.5:

who do not lend money at interest,
and do not take a bribe against the innocent.

Those who do these things shall never be moved.

Psalm 26.10:

those in whose hands are evil devices,
and whose right hands are full of bribes.

Proverbs 6.35:

He will accept no compensation,
and refuses a bribe no matter how great.

Proverbs 15.27:

Those who are greedy for unjust gain make trouble for their households,
but those who hate bribes will live.

Proverbs 17.8:

A bribe is like a magic stone in the eyes of those who give it;
wherever they turn they prosper.

Proverbs 17.23:

The wicked accept a concealed bribe
to pervert the ways of justice.

Proverbs 21.14:

A gift in secret averts anger;
and a concealed bribe in the bosom, strong wrath.

Ecclesiastes 7.7:

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

Isaiah 1.23:

Your princes are rebels
   and companions of thieves.
Everyone loves a bribe
   and runs after gifts.
They do not defend the orphan,
   and the widow’s cause does not come before them.

Isaiah 5.23:

who acquit the guilty for a bribe,
and deprive the innocent of their rights!