Deuteronomy 27:25
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25 (A)“‘Cursed be anyone who takes a bribe to shed innocent blood.’ And all the people shall say, ‘Amen.’
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Deuteronomy 10:17
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17 For the Lord your God is (A)God of gods and (B)Lord of lords, (C)the great, the mighty, and the awesome God, who is (D)not partial and takes no bribe.
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Exodus 23:7-8
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7 (A)Keep far from a false charge, and (B)do not kill the innocent and righteous, for (C)I will not acquit the wicked. 8 (D)And you shall take no bribe, for a bribe blinds the clear-sighted and subverts the cause of those who are in the right.
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Psalm 15:5
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5 who (A)does not put out his money at interest
and (B)does not take a bribe against the innocent.
He who does these things shall never be (C)moved.
Deuteronomy 16:19
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19 (A)You shall not pervert justice. (B)You shall not show partiality, (C)and you shall not accept a bribe, for a bribe blinds the eyes of the wise and subverts the cause of the righteous.
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Acts 1:18
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18 (Now this man (A)acquired a field with (B)the reward of his wickedness, and falling headlong[a] he burst open in the middle and all his bowels gushed out.
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- Acts 1:18 Or swelling up
Matthew 27:3-4
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Judas Hangs Himself
3 Then when (A)Judas, his betrayer, saw that Jesus[a] was condemned, (B)he changed his mind and brought back (C)the thirty pieces of silver to the chief priests and the elders, 4 saying, “I have sinned by betraying innocent blood.” They said, “What is that to us? (D)See to it yourself.”
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- Matthew 27:3 Greek he
Matthew 26:15
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15 and said, “What will you give me if I deliver him over to you?” And they (A)paid him (B)thirty pieces of silver.
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Micah 7:2-3
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2 (A)The godly has perished from the earth,
and (B)there is no one upright among mankind;
(C)they all lie in wait for blood,
and (D)each hunts the other with a net.
3 (E)Their hands are on what is evil, to do it well;
(F)the prince and (G)the judge ask for a bribe,
and the great man utters the evil desire of his soul;
thus they weave it together.
Micah 3:10-11
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10 (A)who build Zion with blood
and Jerusalem with iniquity.
11 (B)Its heads give judgment for a bribe;
(C)its priests teach for a price;
(D)its prophets practice divination for money;
(E)yet they lean on the Lord and (F)say,
“Is not the Lord in the midst of us?
(G)No disaster shall come upon us.”
Ezekiel 22:12-13
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12 In you (A)they take bribes to shed blood; (B)you take interest and profit[a] and make gain of your neighbors by extortion; but (C)me you have forgotten, declares the Lord God.
13 “Behold, (D)I strike my hand at (E)the dishonest gain that you have made, and at (F)the blood that has been in your midst.
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- Ezekiel 22:12 That is, profit that comes from charging interest to the poor (compare Leviticus 25:36)
Proverbs 1:11-29
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11 If they say, “Come with us, (A)let us lie in wait for blood;
(B)let us ambush the innocent without reason;
12 like Sheol let us (C)swallow them alive,
and whole, like (D)those who go down to the pit;
13 we shall find all precious goods,
we shall fill our houses with plunder;
14 throw in your lot among us;
we will all have one purse”—
15 my son, (E)do not walk in the way with them;
(F)hold back your foot from their paths,
16 for (G)their feet run to evil,
and they make haste to shed blood.
17 (H)For in vain is a net spread
in the sight of any bird,
18 but these men (I)lie in wait for their own blood;
they (J)set an ambush for their own lives.
19 (K)Such are the ways of everyone who is (L)greedy for unjust gain;
(M)it takes away the life of its possessors.
The Call of Wisdom
20 (N)Wisdom cries aloud in the street,
in the markets she raises her voice;
21 at the head of the noisy streets she cries out;
at (O)the entrance of the city gates she speaks:
22 “How long, O (P)simple ones, will you love being simple?
How long will (Q)scoffers delight in their scoffing
and fools (R)hate knowledge?
23 If you turn at my reproof,[a]
behold, I will (S)pour out my spirit to you;
I will make my words known to you.
24 (T)Because I have called and (U)you refused to listen,
have (V)stretched out my hand and no one has heeded,
25 because you have (W)ignored all my counsel
and (X)would have none of my reproof,
26 I also (Y)will laugh at your calamity;
I will mock when (Z)terror strikes you,
27 when terror strikes you like (AA)a storm
and your calamity comes like a whirlwind,
when distress and anguish come upon you.
28 (AB)Then they will call upon me, but I will not answer;
they will seek me diligently but will not find me.
29 Because they (AC)hated knowledge
and (AD)did not choose the fear of the Lord,
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- Proverbs 1:23 Or Will you turn away at my reproof?
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