19 (A)You shall not pervert justice. (B)You shall not show partiality, (C)and you shall not accept a bribe, for a bribe blinds the eyes of the wise and subverts the cause of the righteous.

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(A)Keep far from a false charge, and (B)do not kill the innocent and righteous, for (C)I will not acquit the wicked. (D)And you shall take no bribe, for a bribe blinds the clear-sighted and subverts the cause of those who are in the right.

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12 In you (A)they take bribes to shed blood; (B)you take interest and profit[a] and make gain of your neighbors by extortion; but (C)me you have forgotten, declares the Lord God.

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Footnotes

  1. Ezekiel 22:12 That is, profit that comes from charging interest to the poor (compare Leviticus 25:36)

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