Ecclesiastes 7:7

New King James Version

Surely oppression destroys a wise man’s reason, And a bribe debases the heart.

Cross References

Deuteronomy 16:19

You shall not pervert justice; you shall not show partiality, nor take a bribe, for a bribe blinds the eyes of the wise and twists the words of the righteous.

Exodus 23:8

And you shall take no bribe, for a bribe blinds the discerning and perverts the words of the righteous.

Proverbs 17:23

A wicked man accepts a bribe behind the back To pervert the ways of justice.

Isaiah 1:23

Your princes are rebellious, And companions of thieves; Everyone loves bribes, And follows after rewards. They do not defend the fatherless, Nor does the cause of the widow come before them.

Ecclesiastes 4:1

Then I returned and considered all the oppression that is done under the sun: And look! The tears of the oppressed, But they have no comforter— On the side of their oppressors there is power, But they have no comforter.

Proverbs 17:8

A present is a precious stone in the eyes of its possessor; Wherever he turns, he prospers.

1 Samuel 8:3

But his sons did not walk in his ways; they turned aside after dishonest gain, took bribes, and perverted justice.

Deuteronomy 28:65

And among those nations you shall find no rest, nor shall the sole of your foot have a resting place; but there the Lord will give you a trembling heart, failing eyes, and anguish of soul.

Isaiah 33:15

He who walks righteously and speaks uprightly, He who despises the gain of oppressions, Who gestures with his hands, refusing bribes, Who stops his ears from hearing of bloodshed, And shuts his eyes from seeing evil:

1 Samuel 12:3

Here I am. Witness against me before the Lord and before His anointed: Whose ox have I taken, or whose donkey have I taken, or whom have I cheated? Whom have I oppressed, or from whose hand have I received any bribe with which to blind my eyes? I will restore it to you.”

Ecclesiastes 5:8

If you see the oppression of the poor, and the violent perversion of justice and righteousness in a province, do not marvel at the matter; for high official watches over high official, and higher officials are over them.

Ecclesiastes 8:9

All this I have seen, and applied my heart to every work that is done under the sun: There is a time in which one man rules over another to his own hurt.

1 Samuel 21:14

Then Achish said to his servants, “Look, you see the man is insane. Why have you brought him to me?