Exodus 23:8 New International Version (NIV)

⁸ “Do not accept a bribe, for a bribe blinds those who see and twists the words of the innocent.

Proverbs 24:23 New International Version (NIV)

Further Sayings of the Wise

²³ These also are sayings of the wise:

Malachi 2:9 New International Version (NIV)

⁹ “So I have caused you to be despised and humiliated before all the people, because you have not followed my ways but have shown partiality in matters of the law.”

James 2:1-4 New International Version (NIV)

Favoritism Forbidden

2 My brothers and sisters, believers in our glorious Lord Jesus Christ must not show favoritism. ² Suppose a man comes into your meeting wearing a gold ring and fine clothes, and a poor man in filthy old clothes also comes in. ³ If you show special attention to the man wearing fine clothes and say, “Here’s a good seat for you,” but say to the poor man, “You stand there” or “Sit on the floor by my feet,” ⁴ have you not discriminated among yourselves and become judges with evil thoughts?