Proverbs 17:23
"A wicked man taketh a gift out of the bosom to pervert the ways of judgment."
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- Proverbs 17:8
"A gift is as a precious stone in the eyes of him that hath it: whithersoever it turneth, it prospereth."
Read in chapter → - Micah 7:3
"That they may do evil with both hands earnestly, the prince asketh, and the judge asketh for a reward; and the great man, he uttereth his mischievous desire: so they wrap it up."
Read in chapter → - Exodus 23:8
"And thou shalt take no gift: for the gift blindeth the wise, and perverteth the words of the righteous."
Read in chapter → - Deuteronomy 16:19
"Thou shalt not wrest judgment; thou shalt not respect persons, neither take a gift: for a gift doth blind the eyes of the wise, and pervert the words of the righteous."
Read in chapter → - Isaiah 1:23
"Thy princes are rebellious, and companions of thieves: every one loveth gifts, and followeth after rewards: they judge not the fatherless, neither doth the cause of the widow come unto them."
Read in chapter → - Proverbs 18:16
"A man's gift maketh room for him, and bringeth him before great men."
Read in chapter → - Proverbs 21:14
"A gift in secret pacifieth anger: and a reward in the bosom strong wrath."
Read in chapter → - 1 Samuel 8:3
"And his sons walked not in his ways, but turned aside after lucre, and took bribes, and perverted judgment."
Read in chapter → - Mark 14:10
"And Judas Iscariot, one of the twelve, went unto the chief priests, to betray him unto them."
Read in chapter → - 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, and say, Is not the LORD among us? none evil can come upon us."
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