Bribery

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

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

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

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.

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

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

You shall not pervert justice. You shall not show partiality. You shall not take a bribe, for a bribe blinds the eyes of the wise, and perverts the words of the righteous.

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

in whose hands is wickedness, their right hand is full of bribes.

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.

who acquit the guilty for a bribe, but deny justice for the innocent!

Treasures of wickedness profit nothing, but righteousness delivers from death.

For the love of money is a root of all kinds of evil. Some have been led astray from the faith in their greed, and have pierced themselves through with many sorrows.

For the company of the godless shall be barren, and fire shall consume the tents of bribery.

When they were assembled with the elders, and had taken counsel, they gave a large amount of silver to the soldiers, — read the full passage →

To show partiality is not good; yet a man will do wrong for a piece of bread.

His sons didn’t walk in his ways, but turned aside after lucre, and took bribes, and perverted justice.

The lords of the Philistines came up to her, and said to her, “Entice him, and see in which his great strength lies, and by what means we may prevail against him, that we may bind him to afflict him; and we will each give you eleven hundred pieces of silver.”

Their hands are on that which is evil to do it diligently. The ruler and judge ask for a bribe; and the powerful man dictates the evil desire of his soul. Thus they conspire together.

He who walks righteously, and speaks blamelessly; He who despises the gain of oppressions, who gestures with his hands, refusing to take a bribe, who stops his ears from hearing of blood, and shuts his eyes from looking at evil—

Then Judas, who betrayed him, when he saw that Jesus was condemned, felt remorse, and brought back the thirty pieces of silver to the chief priests and elders, — read the full passage →

The king by justice makes the land stable, but he who takes bribes tears it down.

You have profaned me among my people for handfuls of barley and for pieces of bread, to kill the souls who should not die, and to save the souls alive who should not live, by your lying to my people who listen to lies.

Meanwhile, he also hoped that money would be given to him by Paul, that he might release him. Therefore also he sent for him more often, and talked with him.

Don’t they blaspheme the honorable name by which you are called?

But Peter said to him, “May your silver perish with you, because you thought you could obtain the gift of God with money! — read the full passage →

“There is a treaty between me and you, between my father and your father. Behold, I have sent to you a present of silver and gold. Go, break your treaty with Baasha king of Israel, that he may depart from me.”

Don’t gather my soul with sinners, nor my life with bloodthirsty men;

and said, “What are you willing to give me, that I should deliver him to you?” They weighed out for him thirty pieces of silver.

But Peter said to him, “May your silver perish with you, because you thought you could obtain the gift of God with money! — read the full passage →

A man’s gift makes room for him, and brings him before great men.

A false balance is an abomination to Yahweh, but accurate weights are his delight.

Here I am. Witness against me before Yahweh, and before his anointed. Whose ox have I taken? Whose donkey have I taken? Whom have I defrauded? Whom have I oppressed? Of whose hand have I taken a ransom to blind my eyes therewith? I will restore it to you.”

As clouds and wind without rain, so is he who boasts of gifts deceptively.

he who doesn’t lend out his money for usury, nor take a bribe against the innocent. He who does these things shall never be shaken.

Thus says Yahweh: “For three transgressions of Israel, yes, for four, I will not turn away its punishment; because they have sold the righteous for silver, and the needy for a pair of shoes;

They were glad, and agreed to give him money.

Fraudulent food is sweet to a man, but afterwards his mouth is filled with gravel.

My son, if you will receive my words, and store up my commandments within you; — read the full passage →

The proverbs of Solomon, the son of David, king of Israel: — read the full passage →

I have set Yahweh always before me. Because he is at my right hand, I shall not be moved. — read the full passage →

When Samuel was old, he made his sons judges over Israel. — read the full passage →

God said to Moses, “I AM WHO I AM,” and he said, “You shall tell the children of Israel this: ‘I AM has sent me to you.’”

Let him who stole steal no more; but rather let him labor, working with his hands the thing that is good, that he may have something to give to him who has need.

They, when they heard it, were glad, and promised to give him money. He sought how he might conveniently deliver him.

Better is a little with righteousness, than great revenues with injustice. — read the full passage →

Behold, the wages of the laborers who mowed your fields, which you have kept back by fraud, cry out, and the cries of those who reaped have entered into the ears of the Lord of Armies. — read the full passage →

In you have they taken bribes to shed blood; you have taken interest and increase, and you have greedily gained of your neighbors by oppression, and have forgotten me, says the Lord Yahweh. — read the full passage →

A wicked man receives a bribe in secret, to pervert the ways of justice. — read the full passage →

For Yahweh your God, he is God of gods, and Lord of lords, the great God, the mighty, and the awesome, who doesn’t respect persons, nor takes reward.

He who is faithful in a very little is faithful also in much. He who is dishonest in a very little is also dishonest in much. — read the full passage →

Jesus, full of the Holy Spirit, returned from the Jordan, and was led by the Spirit into the wilderness — read the full passage →

It was now two days before the feast of the Passover and the unleavened bread, and the chief priests and the scribes sought how they might seize him by deception, and kill him. — read the full passage →

From the days of John the Baptizer until now, the Kingdom of Heaven suffers violence, and the violent take it by force.

Yahweh is good, a stronghold in the day of trouble; and he knows those who take refuge in him.

He has shown you, O man, what is good. What does Yahweh require of you, but to act justly, to love mercy, and to walk humbly with your God?

I will execute great vengeance on them with wrathful rebukes; and they shall know that I am Yahweh, when I shall lay my vengeance on them.

Behold, therefore, I have struck my hand at your dishonest gain which you have made, and at your blood which has been in your midst.

In you have they taken bribes to shed blood; you have taken interest and increase, and you have greedily gained of your neighbors by oppression, and have forgotten me, says the Lord Yahweh.

For I know the thoughts that I think toward you, says Yahweh, thoughts of peace, and not of evil, to give you hope and a future.

Therefore will I give their wives to others, and their fields to those who shall possess them: for everyone from the least even to the greatest is given to covetousness; from the prophet even to the priest every one deals falsely. — read the full passage →

To what purpose comes there to me frankincense from Sheba, and the sweet cane from a far country? your burnt offerings are not acceptable, nor your sacrifices pleasing to me.”

Woe to those who are mighty to drink wine, and champions at mixing strong drink;

Fraudulent food is sweet to a man, but afterwards his mouth is filled with gravel. — read the full passage →

The ransom of a man’s life is his riches, but the poor hear no threats.

Now therefore let the fear of Yahweh be on you. Take heed and do it: for there is no iniquity with Yahweh our God, nor respect of persons, nor taking of bribes.”

‘Cursed is he who takes a bribe to kill an innocent person.’ All the people shall say, ‘Amen.’

At that time Yahweh said to me, “Cut two stone tablets like the first, and come up to me onto the mountain, and make an ark of wood. — read the full passage →

Jacob lived in the land of his father’s travels, in the land of Canaan. — read the full passage →

Whoever loves correction loves knowledge, but he who hates reproof is stupid. — read the full passage →

casting all your worries on him, because he cares for you.

Now faith is assurance of things hoped for, proof of things not seen.

I have been crucified with Christ, and it is no longer I that live, but Christ living in me. That life which I now live in the flesh, I live by faith in the Son of God, who loved me, and gave himself up for me.

There is therefore now no condemnation to those who are in Christ Jesus, who don’t walk according to the flesh, but according to the Spirit. — read the full passage →

Jesus answered them, “Isn’t it written in your law, ‘I said, you are gods?’

Then Judas, who betrayed him, when he saw that Jesus was condemned, felt remorse, and brought back the thirty pieces of silver to the chief priests and elders, — read the full passage →

Her leaders judge for bribes, and her priests teach for a price, and her prophets of it tell fortunes for money: yet they lean on Yahweh, and say, “Isn’t Yahweh in the midst of us? No disaster will come on us.”

“For, behold, in those days, and in that time, when I restore the fortunes of Judah and Jerusalem, — read the full passage →

I, Yahweh, have spoken it: it shall happen, and I will do it: I will not go back, neither will I spare, neither will I repent; according to your ways, and according to your doings, shall they judge you, says the Lord Yahweh. — read the full passage →

Moreover Yahweh’s word came to me, saying, — read the full passage →

He who walks righteously, and speaks blamelessly; He who despises the gain of oppressions, who gestures with his hands, refusing to take a bribe, who stops his ears from hearing of blood, and shuts his eyes from looking at evil— — read the full passage →

Woe to those who rise up early in the morning, that they may follow strong drink; who stay late into the night, until wine inflames them! — read the full passage →

Wicked people earn deceitful wages, but one who sows righteousness reaps a sure reward. — read the full passage →

Listen, sons, to a father’s instruction. Pay attention and know understanding; — read the full passage →

My son, if sinners entice you, don’t consent. — read the full passage →

The wicked borrow, and don’t pay back, but the righteous give generously.

Don’t gather my soul with sinners, nor my life with bloodthirsty men; — read the full passage →

He will be like a tree planted by the streams of water, that produces its fruit in its season, whose leaf also does not wither. Whatever he does shall prosper.

If it pleases the king, let it be written that they be destroyed; and I will pay ten thousand talents of silver into the hands of those who are in charge of the king’s business, to bring it into the king’s treasuries.”

I went to the house of Shemaiah the son of Delaiah the son of Mehetabel, who was shut in at his home; and he said, “Let us meet together in God’s house, within the temple, and let us shut the doors of the temple; for they will come to kill you; yes, in the night will they come to kill you.” — read the full passage →

Ahaz took the silver and gold that was found in Yahweh’s house, and in the treasures of the king’s house, and sent it for a present to the king of Assyria.

In the twenty-seventh year of Jeroboam king of Israel began Azariah son of Amaziah king of Judah to reign. — read the full passage →

After these things, Naboth the Jezreelite had a vineyard, which was in Jezreel, hard by the palace of Ahab king of Samaria. — read the full passage →

If there is a controversy between men, and they come to judgment, and the judges judge them; then they shall justify the righteous, and condemn the wicked. — read the full passage →

When a man takes a wife and marries her, then it shall be, if she finds no favor in his eyes, because he has found some unseemly thing in her, that he shall write her a bill of divorce, and put it in her hand, and send her out of his house. — read the full passage →

You shall make judges and officers in all your gates, which Yahweh your God gives you, according to your tribes; and they shall judge the people with righteous judgment. — read the full passage →

Yahweh spoke to Moses and to Aaron, saying, — read the full passage →

Moreover you shall provide out of all the people able men, such as fear God: men of truth, hating unjust gain; and place such over them, to be rulers of thousands, rulers of hundreds, rulers of fifties, and rulers of tens. — read the full passage →

The king of Sodom said to Abram, “Give me the people, and take the goods for yourself.” — read the full passage →

Joseph was brought down to Egypt. Potiphar, an officer of Pharaoh’s, the captain of the guard, an Egyptian, bought him from the hand of the Ishmaelites that had brought him down there. — read the full passage →