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Deuteronomy 16:19
English Standard Version
Deuteronomy 16:19
English Standard Version
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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Deuteronomy 16:19
King James Version
Deuteronomy 16:19
King James Version
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.
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Proverbs 17:8
English Standard Version
Proverbs 17:8
English Standard Version
8 (A)A bribe is like a magic[a] stone in the eyes of the one who gives it;
wherever he turns he prospers.
Footnotes
- Proverbs 17:8 Or precious
Proverbs 17:8
King James Version
Proverbs 17:8
King James Version
8 A gift is as a precious stone in the eyes of him that hath it: whithersoever it turneth, it prospereth.
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