Proverbs 17:8
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8 A bribe is like a magic stone in the eyes of him who gives it;
wherever he turns he prospers.
Proverbs 17:23
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23 A wicked man accepts a bribe from the bosom
to pervert the ways of justice.
Proverbs 20:21
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21 An inheritance gotten hastily in the beginning
will in the end not be blessed.
Proverbs 21:3
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3 To do righteousness and justice
is more acceptable to the Lord than sacrifice.
Proverbs 21:6-8
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6 The getting of treasures by a lying tongue
is a fleeting vapor and a snare of death.
7 The violence of the wicked will sweep them away,
because they refuse to do what is just.
8 The way of the guilty is crooked,
but the conduct of the pure is right.
Proverbs 22:22-23
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22 Do not rob the poor, because he is poor,
or crush the afflicted at the gate;
23 for the Lord will plead their cause
and despoil of life those who despoil them.
Proverbs 24:23-26
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Further Sayings of the Wise
23 These also are sayings of the wise.
Partiality in judging is not good.
24 He who says to the wicked, “You are innocent,”
will be cursed by peoples, abhorred by nations;
25 but those who rebuke the wicked will have delight,
and a good blessing will be upon them.
26 He who gives a right answer
kisses the lips.
Proverbs 28:3
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3 A poor man who oppresses the poor
is a beating rain that leaves no food.
Proverbs 28:6
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6 Better is a poor man who walks in his integrity
than a rich man who is perverse in his ways.
Proverbs 28:8
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8 He who augments his wealth by interest and increase
gathers it for him who is kind to the poor.
Proverbs 31:8-9
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8 Open your mouth for the dumb,
for the rights of all who are left desolate.[a]
9 Open your mouth, judge righteously,
maintain the rights of the poor and needy.
Footnotes
- Proverbs 31:8 Heb are sons of passing away
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