(A)You shall not take a bribe, for a bribe blinds the clear-sighted and [a]subverts the cause of the just.

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  1. Exodus 23:8 Or distorts the words

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

25 (A)Cursed is he who accepts a bribe to strike down an innocent person.’ And all the people shall say, ‘Amen.’

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The [a]godly person has (A)perished from the land,
And there is no upright person among men.
All of them lie in wait for (B)bloodshed;
Each of them hunts the other with a (C)net.
Concerning evil, both hands do it (D)well.
The prince asks, also the judge, for a (E)bribe,
And a great man speaks the desire of his soul;
So they weave it together.

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  1. Micah 7:2 Or loyal