⁸ And thou shalt take no gift: for the gift blindeth the wise, and perverteth the words of the righteous.

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.

²³ Which justify the wicked for reward, and take away the righteousness of the righteous from him!

²³ A wicked man taketh a gift out of the bosom to pervert the ways of judgment.

²⁷ He that is greedy of gain troubleth his own house; but he that hateth gifts shall live.

³ And his sons walked not in his ways, but turned aside after lucre, and took bribes, and perverted judgment.

⁷ Surely oppression maketh a wise man mad; and a gift destroyeth the heart.

¹⁰ In whose hands is mischief, and their right hand is full of bribes.

³ That they may do evil with both hands earnestly, the prince asketh, and the judge asketh for a reward; and the great man, he uttereth his mischievous desire: so they wrap it up.

¹² For I know your manifold transgressions and your mighty sins: they afflict the just, they take a bribe, and they turn aside the poor in the gate from their right.