What are some Bible verses about bribery?

Answer

Exodus 23:8

Do not accept a bribe, for a bribe blinds the clear-sighted and undermines the cause of the righteous.

Proverbs 15:27

Whoever is greedy for unjust gain troubles their own household, but those who detest bribes will live.

Proverbs 17:23

The wicked accepts a bribe in secret to pervert the course of justice.

Proverbs 17:8

A bribe is like a magic stone in the eyes of the giver; wherever they turn, they prosper.

Ecclesiastes 7:7

Oppression leads the wise to madness, and a bribe corrupts the heart.

Amos 5:12

For I know your many transgressions and great sins— you who oppress the righteous, take bribes, and deny justice to the needy at the gate.

Deuteronomy 16:19

Do not pervert justice. Do not show partiality or accept bribes, for a bribe blinds the eyes of the wise and distorts the words of the righteous.

Proverbs 21:14

A secret gift calms anger, and a hidden bribe, fierce wrath.

Psalm 26:10

They are full of evil schemes, and their right hands are filled with bribes.

Isaiah 5:23

Who acquit the guilty for a bribe and deprive the innocent of justice!

Isaiah 1:23

Your rulers are rebels and companions of thieves. They all love bribes and chase after gifts. They do not defend the cause of the fatherless; the widow’s case does not come before them.

Proverbs 10:2

Treasures obtained through wickedness bring no benefit, but righteousness saves from death.

Job 15:34

The company of the wicked is fruitless, and fire consumes the tents of bribery.

1 Timothy 6:10

For the love of money is a root of all kinds of evil. Some have strayed from the faith because of this craving and have impaled themselves with many sorrows.

Matthew 28:12-15

When they had gathered with the elders and devised a plan, they gave a large sum of money to the soldiers, telling them, “You are to say, ‘His disciples came during the night and stole him away while we were asleep.’ If this report gets to the governor, we will satisfy him and keep you out of trouble.” So the soldiers took the money and did as they were instructed. And this story has been widely circulated among the Jews to this very day.

Proverbs 28:21

Showing partiality is never good, because for a piece of bread a person may do wrong.

1 Samuel 8:3

But his sons did not follow his ways. They turned aside after dishonest gain and accepted bribes and perverted justice.

Judges 16:5

The rulers of the Philistines went to Delilah and said, “See if you can lure him into showing you the secret of his great strength and how we can overpower him so we may tie him up and subdue him. Each one of us will give you eleven hundred shekels of silver.”

Micah 7:3

Both hands are skilled in doing evil; the ruler demands gifts, the judge accepts bribes, the powerful dictate what they desire— they all conspire together.

Ezekiel 22:12

In you are people who accept bribes to shed blood; you take interest and make a profit from the needy. You extort unjust gain from your neighbors. And you have forgotten me, declares the Lord God.

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