What does the Bible say about bribery?

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• Exodus 23:8

  You shall take no bribe, for a bribe blinds those who have sight and perverts the words of the righteous.

• Proverbs 15:27

  He who is greedy for gain troubles his own house, But he who hates bribes will live.

• Proverbs 17:23

  A wicked man receives a bribe in secret, To pervert the ways of justice.

• Amos 5:12

  For I know how many your offenses, And how great are your sins-- You who afflict the just, Who take a bribe, And who turn aside the needy in the courts.

• Proverbs 17:8

  A bribe is a precious stone in the eyes of him who gives it; Wherever he turns, he prospers.

• Ecclesiastes 7:7

  Surely extortion makes the wise man foolish; and a bribe destroys the understanding.

• Deuteronomy 16:19

  You shall not wrest justice: you shall not respect persons; neither shall you take a bribe; for a bribe does blind the eyes of the wise, and pervert the words of the righteous.

• Proverbs 21:14

  A gift in secret pacifies anger; And a bribe in the cloak, strong wrath.

• Psalms 26:10

  In whose hands is wickedness, Their right hand is full of bribes.

• Isaiah 1:23

  Your princes are rebellious, and companions of thieves. Everyone loves bribes, and follows after rewards. They don't judge the fatherless, Neither does the cause of the widow come to them.

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