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17 (A)For Yahweh your God is the God of gods and the (B)Lord of lords, the great, the mighty, and the fearsome God (C)who does not show partiality nor (D)take a bribe.

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17 For the Lord your God is God of gods(A) and Lord of lords,(B) the great God, mighty and awesome,(C) who shows no partiality(D) and accepts no bribes.(E)

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19 (A)You shall not distort justice; (B)you shall not [a]be partial, and (C)you shall not take a bribe, for a bribe blinds the eyes of the wise and perverts the words of the righteous.

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  1. Deuteronomy 16:19 Lit regard persons

19 Do not pervert justice(A) or show partiality.(B) Do not accept a bribe,(C) for a bribe blinds the eyes of the wise and twists the words of the innocent.

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27 He who is (A)greedy for gain troubles his own house,
But he who (B)hates gifts of bribery will live.

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27 The greedy bring ruin to their households,
    but the one who hates bribes will live.(A)

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A (A)bribe is a [a]charm in the eyes of its owner;
Wherever he turns, he prospers.

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  1. Proverbs 17:8 Lit stone of grace

A bribe is seen as a charm by the one who gives it;
    they think success will come at every turn.(A)

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23 A wicked man receives a (A)bribe from the bosom
To (B)thrust aside the paths of justice.

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23 The wicked accept bribes(A) in secret
    to pervert the course of justice.(B)

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22 (A)Woe to those who are mighty men in drinking wine
And valiant men in mixing strong drink,
23 (B)Who [a]declare the wicked righteous for a bribe,
And (C)remove the [b]righteous standing of the ones who are [c]righteous!

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Footnotes

  1. Isaiah 5:23 Or justify the wicked for a bribe, cf. 53:11
  2. Isaiah 5:23 Or justification
  3. Isaiah 5:23 Or justified

22 Woe to those who are heroes at drinking wine(A)
    and champions at mixing drinks,(B)
23 who acquit the guilty for a bribe,(C)
    but deny justice(D) to the innocent.(E)

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