1 Samuel 8:3

Rotherham Emphasized Bible 1902

Howbeit his sons walked not in his ways, but stooped to extortion,—and took bribes, and perverted judgment.

Cross References

Deuteronomy 16:19

Thou shalt not wrest judgment, thou shalt not take note of faces,—nor shalt thou accept a bribe, for the bribe, blindeth the eyes of wise men, and perverteth the words of righteous men.

1 Timothy 6:10

For, a root of all the vices, is the love of money, which, some, being eager for, have been seduced from the faith, and have pierced, themselves, about with many pangs.

Psalm 15:5

His silver, hath he not put out on interest, nor, a bribe against the innocent, hath he taken. He that doeth these things, shall not be shaken unto times age-abiding.

Exodus 23:8

And, a bribe, shalt thou not take,—for the bribe, blindeth the clear-sighted, and perverteth the words of the righteous.

Exodus 18:21

Thou thyself, therefore shalt look out, from among all the people—men of ability, reverers of God, men of fidelity, haters of extortion,—and place them over them as rulers of thousands, rulers of hundreds, rulers of fifties, and rulers of tens.

1 Timothy 3:3

Not given to wine, not ready to wound, but considerate, averse to contention, not fond of money,

Isaiah 33:15

He that walketh righteously, And speaketh uprightly,—He that refuseth the gain of exactions That shaketh his hands free from holding a bribe, That stoppeth his ear from hearkening to deeds of blood, And shutteth his eyes from giving countenance to wrong,

2 Samuel 15:4

And Absalom said, Oh would that I were appointed to judge in the land! that, unto me, might come every man having a complaint or a defence, then would I see him righted.

Ecclesiastes 2:19

and who could know whether a, wise man, he would be or a foolish, and yet he would lord it over all my toil, wherein I had toiled and wherein I had acted wisely, under the sun,—even this, was vanity.

Psalm 26:10

In whose hands is a plot, and, their right hand, is filled with a bribe.

Exodus 23:6

Thou shalt not pervert the vindication of thy needy one in his quarrel.

1 Samuel 2:35

And I will raise me up a faithful priest, According to that which is in my heart and in my soul, will he do; Therefore will I build for him an assured house, and he shall go to and fro in presence of mine Anointed, all the days.

1 Samuel 12:2

Now, therefore, lo! the king going to and fro before you, But, I, am old and grey-headed, and, my sons, lo! they are with you,—But, I, have gone to and fro before you from my youth until this day.

Isaiah 1:23

Thy rulers, are unruly, and companions of thieves, Every one of the people, loveth a bribe, and runneth after rewards,—The fatherless, they do not vindicate, And, the plea of the widow, reacheth them not.

Micah 3:11

Her heads, for a bribe, pronounce sentence, and, her priests, for a price, give direction, and, her prophets, for silver, divine,—yet, on Yahweh, they lean, saying, Is not, Yahweh, in our midst? there shall not come upon us, calamity.