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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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Proverbs 17:8
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8 (A)A bribe is like a magic[a] stone in the eyes of the one who gives it;
    wherever he turns he prospers.

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