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Deuteronomy 16:19
You shall not pervert justice; you shall not show partiality, nor take a bribe, for a bribe blinds the eyes of the wise and twists the words of the righteous.
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1 Samuel 8 3
But his sons did not walk in his ways; they turned aside after dishonest gain, took bribes, and perverted justice.
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Exodus 23:8
And you shall take no bribe, for a bribe blinds the discerning and perverts the words of the righteous.
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Psalms 52:2
Your tongue devises destruction, Like a sharp razor, working deceitfully.
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Isaiah 33:15
He who walks righteously and speaks uprightly, He who despises the gain of oppressions, Who gestures with his hands, refusing bribes, Who stops his ears from hearing of bloodshed, And shuts his eyes from seeing evil:
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Amos 5:12
For I know your manifold transgressions And your mighty sins: Afflicting the just and taking bribes; Diverting the poor from justice at the gate.
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Psalms 36:4
He devises wickedness on his bed; He sets himself in a way that is not good; He does not abhor evil.
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Psalms 10:14
But You have seen, for You observe trouble and grief, To repay it by Your hand. The helpless commits himself to You; You are the helper of the fatherless.
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Ezekiel 22:12-13
In you they take bribes to shed blood; you take usury and increase; you have made profit from your neighbors by extortion, and have forgotten Me,” says the Lord GOD.“ Behold, therefore, I beat My fists at the dishonest profit which you have made, and at the bloodshed which has been in your midst.
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Proverbs 4:16
For they do not sleep unless they have done evil; And their sleep is taken away unless they make someone fall.
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Psalms 55:9-11
Destroy, O Lord, and divide their tongues, For I have seen violence and strife in the city.Day and night they go around it on its walls; Iniquity and trouble are also in the midst of it.Destruction is in its midst; Oppression and deceit do not depart from its streets.
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Psalms 11:2
For look! The wicked bend their bow, They make ready their arrow on the string, That they may shoot secretly at the upright in heart.
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Micah 7:3
That they may successfully do evil with both hands— The prince asks for gifts, The judge seeks a bribe, And the great man utters his evil desire; So they scheme together.
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Matthew 26:3-4
Then the chief priests, the scribes, and the elders of the people assembled at the palace of the high priest, who was called Caiaphas,and plotted to take Jesus by trickery and kill Him.
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Proverbs 1:16
For their feet run to evil, And they make haste to shed blood.
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Acts 23:12
And when it was day, some of the Jews banded together and bound themselves under an oath, saying that they would neither eat nor drink till they had killed Paul.
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Micah 2:1-3
Woe to those who devise iniquity, And work out evil on their beds! At morning light they practice it, Because it is in the power of their hand.They covet fields and take them by violence, Also houses, and seize them. So they oppress a man and his house, A man and his inheritance.Therefore thus says the Lord:“ Behold, against this family I am devising disaster, From which you cannot remove your necks; Nor shall you walk haughtily, For this is an evil time.