TOPICAL BIBLE
Bribery
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Exodus 23:8Do not accept a bribe, for a bribe blinds those who see and twists the words of the righteous.Deuteronomy 16:18You are to appoint judges and officials for your tribes in every town that the LORD your God is giving you. They are to judge the people with righteous judgment.Deuteronomy 16:19Do not deny justice or show partiality. Do not accept a bribe, for a bribe blinds the eyes of the wise and twists the words of the righteous.Deuteronomy 27:25‘Cursed is he who accepts a bribe to kill an innocent person.’ And let all the people say, ‘Amen!’Judges 16:5The lords of the Philistines went to her and said, “Entice him and find out the source of his great strength and how we can overpower him to tie him up and subdue him. Then each one of us will give you eleven hundred shekels of silver.”1 Samuel 8:1When Samuel grew old, he appointed his sons as judges over Israel.1 Samuel 8:3But his sons did not walk in his ways; they turned aside toward dishonest gain, accepting bribes and perverting justice.1 Kings 15:19“Let there be a treaty between me and you as there was between my father and your father. See, I have sent you a gift of silver and gold. Now go and break your treaty with Baasha king of Israel, so that he will withdraw from me.”Nehemiah 6:10Later, I went to the house of Shemaiah son of Delaiah, the son of Mehetabel, who was confined to his house. He said: “Let us meet at the house of God inside the temple. Let us shut the temple doors because they are coming to kill you—by night they are coming to kill you!”Nehemiah 6:11But I replied, “Should a man like me run away? Should one like me go into the temple to save his own life? I will not go!”Nehemiah 6:12I realized that God had not sent him, but that he had uttered this prophecy against me because Tobiah and Sanballat had hired him.Nehemiah 6:13He had been hired to intimidate me so that I would sin by doing as he suggested, so they could give me a bad name in order to discredit me.Esther 3:9If it pleases the king, let a decree be issued to destroy them, and I will deposit ten thousand talents of silver into the royal treasury to pay those who carry it out.”Job 15:34For the company of the godless will be barren, and fire will consume the tents of bribery.Psalm 26:9Do not take my soul away with sinners, or my life with men of bloodshed,Psalm 26:10in whose hands are wicked schemes, whose right hands are full of bribes.Proverbs 15:27He who is greedy for unjust gain brings trouble on his household, but he who hates bribes will live.Proverbs 17:8A bribe is a charm to its giver; wherever he turns, he succeeds.Proverbs 17:23A wicked man takes a covert bribe to subvert the course of justice.Proverbs 18:16A man’s gift opens doors for him, and brings him before great men.Proverbs 21:14A gift in secret soothes anger, and a covert bribe pacifies great wrath.Proverbs 25:14Like clouds and wind without rain is the man who boasts of gifts never given.Proverbs 28:21To show partiality is not good, yet a man will do wrong for a piece of bread.Proverbs 29:4By justice a king brings stability to the land, but a man who exacts tribute demolishes it.Ecclesiastes 7:7Surely extortion turns a wise man into a fool, and a bribe corrupts the heart.Isaiah 1:23Your rulers are rebels, friends of thieves. They all love bribes and chasing after rewards. They do not defend the fatherless, and the plea of the widow never comes before them.Isaiah 5:22Woe to those who are heroes in drinking wine and champions in mixing strong drink,Isaiah 5:23who acquit the guilty for a bribe and deprive the innocent of justice.Isaiah 33:15He who walks righteously and speaks with sincerity, who refuses gain from extortion, whose hand never takes a bribe, who stops his ears against murderous plots and shuts his eyes tightly against evil—Isaiah 33:16he will dwell on the heights; the mountain fortress will be his refuge; his food will be provided and his water assured.Amos 2:6This is what the LORD says: “For three transgressions of Israel, even four, I will not revoke My judgment, because they sell the righteous for silver and the needy for a pair of sandals.Amos 5:12For I know that your transgressions are many and your sins are numerous. You oppress the righteous by taking bribes; you deprive the poor of justice in the gate.Micah 7:3Both hands are skilled at evil; the prince and the judge demand a bribe. When the powerful utters his evil desire, they all conspire together.Matthew 26:15and asked, “What are you willing to give me if I hand Him over to you?” And they set out for him thirty pieces of silver.Matthew 27:3When Judas, who had betrayed Him, saw that Jesus was condemned, he was filled with remorse and returned the thirty pieces of silver to the chief priests and elders.Matthew 27:4“I have sinned by betraying innocent blood,” he said. “What is that to us?” they replied. “You bear the responsibility.”Matthew 27:5So Judas threw the silver into the temple and left. Then he went away and hanged himself.Matthew 27:6The chief priests picked up the pieces of silver and said, “It is unlawful to put this into the treasury, since it is blood money.”Matthew 27:7After conferring together, they used the money to buy the potter’s field as a burial place for foreigners.Matthew 27:8That is why it has been called the Field of Blood to this day.Matthew 27:9Then what was spoken through Jeremiah the prophet was fulfilled: “They took the thirty pieces of silver, the price set on Him by the people of Israel,Matthew 28:12And after the chief priests had met with the elders and formed a plan, they gave the soldiers a large sum of moneyMatthew 28:13and instructed them: “You are to say, ‘His disciples came by night and stole Him away while we were asleep.’Matthew 28:14If this report reaches the governor, we will satisfy him and keep you out of trouble.”Matthew 28:15So the guards took the money and did as they were instructed. And this account has been circulated among the Jews to this very day.Mark 14:11They were delighted to hear this, and they promised to give him money. So Judas began to look for an opportunity to betray Jesus.Luke 22:5They were delighted and agreed to give him money.Acts 24:26At the same time, he was hoping that Paul would offer him a bribe. So he sent for Paul frequently and talked with him.
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