Amos 5:12
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12 For I know how many are your transgressions
and how great are your sins—
you who afflict the righteous, who (A)take a bribe,
and (B)turn aside the needy (C)in the gate.
Amos 5:10
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Amos 2:6-7
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Judgment on Israel
6 Thus says the Lord:
(A)“For three transgressions of Israel,
and for four, I will not revoke the punishment,
because (B)they sell the righteous for (C)silver,
and the needy for a pair of sandals—
7 those who trample the head of the poor (D)into the dust of the earth
and (E)turn aside the way of the afflicted;
(F)a man and his father go in to the same girl,
so that my holy name is profaned;
Isaiah 29:21
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21 who by a word make a man out to be an offender,
and (A)lay a snare for him who reproves in the gate,
and with an empty plea (B)turn aside him who is in the right.
Isaiah 1:23
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23 Your princes are rebels
and companions of thieves.
Everyone (A)loves a bribe
and runs after gifts.
(B)They do not bring justice to the fatherless,
and the widow's cause does not come to them.
1 Samuel 8:3
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3 Yet his sons did not walk in his ways (A)but turned aside after gain. (B)They took bribes and perverted justice.
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James 5:6
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6 You have condemned and (A)murdered (B)the righteous person. He does not resist you.
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James 5:4
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4 Behold, (A)the wages of the laborers who mowed your fields, which you kept back by fraud, are crying out against you, and (B)the cries of the harvesters have reached the ears of (C)the Lord of hosts.
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Hebrews 4:12-13
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12 For (A)the word of God is living and (B)active, (C)sharper than any (D)two-edged sword, piercing to the division of soul and of spirit, of joints and of marrow, and (E)discerning the thoughts and intentions of the heart. 13 And (F)no creature is hidden from his sight, but all are (G)naked and exposed to the eyes of him to whom we must give account.
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Acts 7:52
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52 (A)Which of the prophets did your fathers not persecute? And they killed those who announced beforehand the coming of (B)the Righteous One, (C)whom you have now betrayed and murdered,
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Acts 3:13-14
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13 (A)The God of Abraham, the God of Isaac, and the God of Jacob, (B)the God of our fathers, (C)glorified his servant[a] Jesus, whom (D)you delivered over and (E)denied in the presence of Pilate, (F)when he had decided to release him. 14 But you denied (G)the Holy and (H)Righteous One, and (I)asked for a murderer to be granted to you,
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Malachi 3:5
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5 “Then I will draw near to you for judgment. I will be (A)a swift witness against the sorcerers, against the adulterers, against those who swear falsely, against those (B)who oppress the hired worker in his wages, (C)the widow and the fatherless, against those who thrust aside the sojourner, and do not fear me, says the Lord of hosts.
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Micah 7:3
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3 (A)Their hands are on what is evil, to do it well;
(B)the prince and (C)the judge ask for a bribe,
and the great man utters the evil desire of his soul;
thus they weave it together.
Amos 2:16
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16 and he who is stout of heart among the mighty
shall flee away naked in that day,”
declares the Lord.
Lamentations 3:34
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34 To crush underfoot
all (A)the prisoners of the earth,
Jeremiah 29:23
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23 because they have done an outrageous thing in Israel, (A)they have committed adultery with their neighbors' wives, and (B)they have spoken in my name lying words that I did not command them. (C)I am the one who knows, (D)and I am witness, declares the Lord.’”
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Isaiah 66:18
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18 “For I know[a] their works and their thoughts, and the time is coming[b] (A)to gather all nations and tongues. And they shall come and shall see my glory,
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- Isaiah 66:18 Septuagint, Syriac; Hebrew lacks know
- Isaiah 66:18 Hebrew and it is coming
Isaiah 47:9
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9 (A)These two things shall come to you
in a moment, (B)in one day;
the loss of children and widowhood
shall come upon you in full measure,
(C)in spite of your many sorceries
and the great power of your enchantments.
Isaiah 33:15
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15 (A)He who walks righteously and speaks uprightly,
who despises the gain of oppressions,
who shakes his hands, lest they hold a bribe,
who stops his ears from hearing of bloodshed
(B)and shuts his eyes from looking on evil,
Isaiah 10:2
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2 to turn aside the needy from justice
and (A)to rob the poor of my people of their right,
that widows may be their spoil,
and that they may make the fatherless their prey!
Isaiah 5:23
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23 who (A)acquit the guilty for a bribe,
and deprive the innocent of his right!
Proverbs 22:22
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Psalm 26:9-10
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9 (A)Do not sweep my soul away with sinners,
nor my life with bloodthirsty men,
10 in whose hands are evil devices,
and whose right hands are full of (B)bribes.
Job 31:21
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