1 Samuel 8:3

New Messianic Version Bible

And his sons walked not in his ways, but turned aside after profit, and took bribes, and perverted judgment.

Cross References

Deuteronomy 16:19

youi shall not wrest judgment; youi shall not respect persons, neither take a gift: for a gift does blind the eyes of the wise, and pervert the words of the righteous.

1 Timothy 6:10

For the love of money is a root of all evil: which while some coveted after, they have erred from the faith, and pierced themselves through with many sorrows.

Psalm 15:5

[He that] puts not out his money to usury (interest paid for using money), nor takes reward against the innocent. He that does these [things] shall never be moved.

Exodus 23:8

And youi shall take no gift: for the gift blinds the wise, and perverts the words of the righteous.

Exodus 18:21

Moreover youi shall provide out of all the people able men, such as fear God-Elōhīm (The Living Word) [The Many Powered], men of truth, hating covetousness; and place [such] over them, [to be] rulers of thousands, [and] rulers of hundreds, rulers of fifties, and rulers of tens:

1 Timothy 3:3

Not given to wine, no striker, not greedy of filthy profit; but patient, not a brawler (one who gets into fights), not covetous;

Isaiah 33:15

He that walks righteously, and speaks uprightly; he that despises the gain of oppressions, that shakes his hands from holding of bribes, that stops his ears from hearing of blood, and shuts his eyes from seeing evil;

2 Samuel 15:4

Avshalom [my father is peace] said moreover, Oh that I were made judge in the land, that every man which has any suit or cause might come unto me, and I would do him justice!

Ecclesiastes 2:19

And who knows whether he shall be a wise [man] or a fool? yet shall he have rule over all my labour wherein I have laboured, and wherein I have showed myself wise under the sun. This [is] also vanity.

Psalm 26:10

In whose hands [is] mischief, and their right hand is full of bribes.

Exodus 23:6

youi shall not wrest the judgment of youi poor in his cause.

1 Samuel 2:35

And I will raise me up a faithful priest, [that] shall do according to [that] which [is] in my heart and in my mind: and I will build him a sure house; and he shall walk before my anointed forever.

1 Samuel 12:2

And now, behold, the king walks before you: and I am old and grayheaded; and, behold, my sons [are] with you: and I have walked before you from my childhood unto this day.

Isaiah 1:23

Your1s princes [are] rebellious, and companions of thieves: everyone loves gifts, and follows after rewards: they defend not the fatherless, neither does the cause of the widow come unto them.

Micah 3:11

The heads thereof judge for reward, and the priests thereof teach for hire, and the prophets thereof divine for money: yet will they lean upon the Lord-Yehōvah (Messiah Pre-Incarnate), and say, [Is] not the Lord-Yehōvah (Messiah Pre-Incarnate) among us? none evil can come upon us.