or full of meanness or who bribe others.
You plan brutal crimes, and your lying words cut like a sharp razor.
But they were not like their father. They were dishonest and accepted bribes to give unfair decisions.
Don't accept bribes. Judges are blinded and justice is twisted by bribes.
The next morning more than 40 Jewish men got together and vowed that they would not eat or drink anything until they had killed Paul.
People cooperate to commit crime. Judges and leaders demand bribes, and rulers cheat in court.
I am the Lord, and I know your terrible sins. You cheat honest people and take bribes; you rob the poor of justice.
But there will be rewards for those who live right and tell the truth, for those who refuse to take money by force or accept bribes, for all who hate murder and violent crimes.
They can't sleep or rest until they do wrong or harm some innocent victim.
They are in a big hurry to commit some crime, perhaps even murder.
Those people stay awake, thinking up mischief, and they follow the wrong road, refusing to turn from sin.
You tell me, “Watch out! Those evil people have put their arrows on their bows, and they are standing in the shadows, aiming at good people.
But you see the trouble and the distress, and you will do something. The poor can count on you, and so can orphans.
