Deuteronomy 27:25
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25 “ ‘Cursed be anyone who takes a bribe to shed innocent blood.’ All the people shall say, ‘Amen!’(A)
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Deuteronomy 10:17
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17 For the Lord your God is God of gods and Lord of lords, the great God, mighty and awesome, who is not partial and takes no bribe,(A)
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Exodus 23:7-8
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7 Keep far from a false charge, and do not kill the innocent and those in the right, for I will not acquit the guilty.(A) 8 You shall take no bribe, for a bribe blinds officials and subverts the cause of those who are in the right.(B)
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Psalm 15:5
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5 who do not lend money at interest
and do not take a bribe against the innocent.
Those who do these things shall never be moved.(A)
Deuteronomy 16:19
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19 You must not distort justice; you must not show partiality; and you must not accept a bribe, for a bribe blinds the eyes of the wise and subverts the cause of those who are in the right.(A)
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Acts 1:18
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18 (Now this man acquired a field with the reward of his wickedness, and falling headlong, he burst open in the middle, and all his bowels gushed out.(A)
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Matthew 27:3-4
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The Suicide of Judas
3 When Judas, his betrayer, saw that Jesus[a] was condemned, he repented and brought back the thirty pieces of silver to the chief priests and the elders.(A) 4 He said, “I have sinned by betraying innocent[b] blood.” But they said, “What is that to us? See to it yourself.”(B)
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Matthew 26:15
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15 and said, “What will you give me if I betray him to you?” They paid him thirty pieces of silver.(A)
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Micah 7:2-3
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2 The faithful have disappeared from the land,
and there is no one left who is upright;
they all lie in wait for blood,
and they hunt each other with nets.(A)
3 Their hands are skilled to do evil;
the official and the judge ask for a bribe,
and the powerful dictate what they desire;
thus they pervert justice.[a](B)
Footnotes
- 7.3 Cn: Heb they weave it
Micah 3:10-11
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10 who build Zion with blood
and Jerusalem with wrong!(A)
11 Its rulers give judgment for a bribe;
its priests teach for a price;
its prophets give oracles for money;
yet they lean upon the Lord and say,
“Surely the Lord is with us!
No harm shall come upon us.”(B)
Ezekiel 22:12-13
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12 In you, they take bribes to shed blood; you take both advance interest and accrued interest and make gain of your neighbors by extortion, and you have forgotten me, says the Lord God.(A)
13 See, I strike my hands together at the dishonest gain you have made and at the blood that has been shed within you.
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Proverbs 1:11-29
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11 If they say, “Come with us, let us lie in wait for blood;
let us wantonly ambush the innocent;(A)
12 like Sheol let us swallow them alive
and whole, like those who go down to the Pit.(B)
13 We shall find all kinds of costly things;
we shall fill our houses with spoil.
14 Throw in your lot among us;
we will all have one purse”—
15 my child, do not walk in their way;
keep your foot from their paths,(C)
16 for their feet run to evil,
and they hurry to shed blood.(D)
17 For in vain is the net baited
while the bird is looking on;
18 yet they lie in wait—to kill themselves!
and set an ambush—for their own lives!
19 Such is the end[a] of all who are greedy for gain;
it takes away the life of its possessors.(E)
The Call of Wisdom
20 Wisdom cries out in the street;
in the squares she raises her voice.(F)
21 At the busiest corner she cries out;
at the entrance of the city gates she speaks:
22 “How long, O simple ones, will you love being simple?
How long will scoffers delight in their scoffing
and fools hate knowledge?(G)
23 Give heed to my reproof;
I will pour out my thoughts to you;
I will make my words known to you.(H)
24 Because I have called and you refused,
have stretched out my hand and no one heeded,(I)
25 and because you have ignored all my counsel
and would have none of my reproof,(J)
26 I also will laugh at your calamity;
I will mock when panic strikes you,(K)
27 when panic strikes you like a storm
and your calamity comes like a whirlwind,
when distress and anguish come upon you.
28 Then they will call upon me, but I will not answer;
they will seek me diligently but will not find me.(L)
29 Because they hated knowledge
and did not choose the fear of the Lord,
Footnotes
- 1.19 Gk: Heb are the ways
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