Exodus 23:8

Bible in Basic English 1965

Take no rewards in a cause: for rewards make blind those who have eyes to see, and make the decisions of the upright false.

Cross References

Psalm 15:5

He who does not put out his money at interest, or for payment give false decisions against men who have done no wrong. He who does these things will never be moved.

Psalm 26:10

In whose hands are evil designs, and whose right hands take money for judging falsely.

Proverbs 15:27

He whose desires are fixed on profit is a cause of trouble to his family; but he who has no desire for offerings will have life.

Proverbs 17:23

A sinner takes an offering out of his robe, to get a decision for himself in a cause.

Proverbs 17:8

An offering of money is like a stone of great price in the eyes of him who has it: wherever he goes, he does well.

Proverbs 19:4

Wealth makes a great number of friends; but the poor man is parted from his friend.

Ecclesiastes 7:7

The wise are troubled by the ways of the cruel, and the giving of money is the destruction of the heart.

Isaiah 1:13

Give me no more false offerings; the smoke of burning flesh is disgusting to me, so are your new moons and Sabbaths and your holy meetings.

Isaiah 1:23

Your chiefs have gone against the Lord, they have become friends of thieves; every one of them is looking for profit and going after rewards; they do not give right decisions for the child who has no father, and they do not let the cause of the widow come before them.

Isaiah 33:15

He whose ways are true, and whose words are upright; he who gives no thought to the profits of false acts, whose hands have not taken rewards, who will have no part in putting men to death, and whose eyes are shut against evil;

Isaiah 5:22

Cursed are those who are strong to take wine, and great in making mixed drinks!

Isaiah 5:23

Who for a reward give support to the cause of the sinner, and who take away the righteousness of the upright from him.

Ezekiel 22:12

In you they have taken rewards as the price of blood; you have taken interest and great profits, and you have taken away your neighbours' goods by force, and have not kept me in mind, says the Lord.

Hosea 4:18

Their drink has become bitter; they are completely false; her rulers take pleasure in shame.

Amos 5:12

For I have seen how your evil-doing is increased and how strong are your sins, you troublers of the upright, who take rewards and do wrong to the cause of the poor in the public place.

Micah 7:3

Their hands are made ready to do evil; the ruler makes requests for money, and the judge is looking for a reward; and the great man gives decisions at his pleasure, and the right is twisted.

Deuteronomy 10:17

For the Lord your God is God of gods and Lord of lords, the great God, strong in power and greatly to be feared, who has no respect for any man's position and takes no rewards:

Deuteronomy 16:19

You are not to be moved in your judging by a man's position, you are not to take rewards; for rewards make the eyes of the wise man blind, and the decisions of the upright false.

1 Samuel 12:3

Here I am: give witness against me before the Lord and before the man on whom he has put the holy oil: whose ox or ass have I taken? to whom have I been untrue? who has been crushed down by me? from whose hand have I taken a price for the blinding of my eyes? I will give it all back to you.

1 Samuel 8:3

And his sons did not go in his ways, but moved by the love of money took rewards, and were not upright in judging.