1 Samuel 8:3

Legacy Standard Bible

But his sons did not walk in his ways, but turned aside after greedy gain and took bribes and caused justice to turn aside.

Cross References

2 Samuel 15:4

Then Absalom would say, “Oh that one would appoint me judge in the land, then every man who has any case or judgment could come to me and I would justify him.”

Psalm 15:5

He does not put out his money at interest, Nor does he take a bribe against the innocent. He who does these things will never be shaken.

Psalm 26:10

In whose hands is a wicked scheme, And whose right hand is full of bribes.

Exodus 18:21

But you shall select excellent men out of all the people, those who fear God, men of truth, those who hate greedy gain; and you shall place these men over them as leaders of thousands, of hundreds, of fifties, and of tens.

Exodus 23:6

“You shall not cause the justice due to your needy brother to be turned aside in his case.

Exodus 23:8

“And you shall not take a bribe, for a bribe blinds the clear-sighted and subverts the cause of the just.

Ecclesiastes 2:19

And who knows whether he will be a wise man or a man of simpleminded folly? Yet he will have power over all the fruit of my labor for which I have labored and for which I have acted wisely under the sun. This too is vanity.

Isaiah 1:23

Your rulers are rebels And companions of thieves; Everyone loves a bribe And pursues rewards. They do not execute justice for the orphan, Nor does the widow’s plea come before them.

Isaiah 33:15

He who walks righteously and speaks uprightly; He who rejects greedy gain of oppression, And shakes his hands so that they hold no bribe; He who stops his ears from hearing about bloodshed And shuts his eyes from looking upon evil;

Micah 3:11

Her heads pronounce judgment for a bribe, And her priests instruct for a price, And her prophets divine for money. Yet they lean on Yahweh saying, “Is not Yahweh in our midst? Evil will not come upon us.”

Deuteronomy 16:19

You shall not distort justice; you shall not be partial, and you shall not take a bribe, for a bribe blinds the eyes of the wise and perverts the words of the righteous.

1 Timothy 3:3

not addicted to wine or pugnacious, but considerate, peaceable, free from the love of money;

1 Timothy 6:10

For the love of money is a root of all sorts of evils, and some by aspiring to it have wandered away from the faith and pierced themselves with many griefs.

1 Samuel 12:2

So now, here is the king walking before you, but I am old and gray, and behold, my sons are with you. And I have walked before you from my youth even to this day.

1 Samuel 2:35

But I will raise up for Myself a faithful priest who will do according to what is in My heart and in My soul; and I will build him a faithful house, and he will walk before My anointed always.