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

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  1. Exodus 23:8 Or distorts the words
  2. Exodus 23:8 Or righteous

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

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

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

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