Exodus 23:8 - Catholic Public Domain Version

⁸ Neither shall you accept bribes, which blind even the prudent and subvert the words of the just.

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

⁸ And thou shalt take no gift: for the gift blindeth the wise, and perverteth the words of the righteous.

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

⁸ You shall take no bribe, for the bribe blinds those who have sight and perverts the testimony and the cause of the righteous.

American Standard Version (1901)

⁸ And thou shalt take no bribe: for a bribe blindeth them that have sight, and perverteth the words of the righteous.

Common English Bible

⁸ Don’t take a bribe, because a bribe blinds the clear-sighted and subverts the cause of those who are in the right.

Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version

⁸ Neither shalt thou take bribes, which even blind the wise, and pervert the words of the just.

Exodus 23:8 পৰস্পৰ সংযোগসমূহ

Deuteronomy 16:19

and not so as to show favoritism to either side. You shall not accept a person's reputation, nor gifts. For gifts blind the eyes of the wise and alter the words of the just.

Isaiah 5:23

For you justify an impious man in exchange for bribes, and you carry away the justice of a just man from him.

Proverbs 17:23

The impious receives gifts from the bosom, so that he may pervert the paths of judgment.

Proverbs 15:27

Whoever pursues avarice disturbs his own house. But whoever hates bribes shall live. Through mercy and faith, sins are purged. But through the fear of the Lord, each one turns aside from evil.

1 Samuel 8:3

But his sons did not walk in his ways. Instead, they turned aside, pursuing avarice. And they accepted bribes, and they perverted judgment.

Ecclesiastes 7:7

For, like the crackling of thorns burning under a pot, so is the laughter of the foolish. But this, too, is emptiness.

Proverbs 17:8

The expectation of those who stand ready is a most pleasing jewel. Whichever way he turns himself, he understands prudently.

Psalm 26:10

For my father and my mother have left me behind, but the Lord has taken me up.

1 Samuel 12:3

Speak about me before the Lord, and before his Christ, as to whether I have taken anyone's ox or donkey, or whether I have falsely accused anyone, or whether I have oppressed anyone, or whether I have accepted a bribe from the hand of anyone, and I will repudiate the same, this day, and I will restore it to you."

Deuteronomy 10:17

For the Lord your God himself is the God of gods, and the Lord of lords, a God great and powerful and terrible, who favors no person and accepts no bribe.

Micah 7:3

The evil of their hands, they call good. The leader is demanding, and the judge is yielding, and the great is speaking the desire of his soul, and they have confused it.

Amos 5:12

For I know your many wicked deeds and the strength of your sins, you enemies of the just, accepting bribes, and depriving the poor at the gate.

Ezekiel 22:12

They have accepted bribes among you to shed blood. You have received usury and superabundance, and in avarice you have oppressed your neighbors. And you have forgotten me, says the Lord God.

Proverbs 19:4

Riches adds many friends. But from the pauper, even those whom he had become separated.

Hosea 4:18

Their feasting has been set aside; they have committed fornication after fornication. They love to bring disgrace to their protectors.

Isaiah 1:13

You should no longer offer sacrifice vain. Incense is an abomination to me. The new moons and the Sabbaths and the other feast days, I will not receive. Your gatherings are iniquitous.

Psalm 15:5

The Lord is the portion of my inheritance and my cup. It is you who will restore my inheritance to me.

Isaiah 1:23

Your leaders are unfaithful, the associates of thieves. They all love gifts; they pursue rewards. They do not judge for orphans, and the widow's case is not brought before them.

Isaiah 5:22

Woe to you who are powerful at drinking wine, who are strong men in contriving inebriation!

Isaiah 33:15

The one who walks in justice and speaks the truth, who casts out avarice with oppression and shakes all bribes from his hands, who blocks his ears so that he may not listen to blood, and closes his eyes so that he may not see evil.