⁸ “^(A)You shall not take a bribe, for a bribe blinds the clear-sighted and ^[a]subverts the cause of the just.

^19 (A)You shall not distort justice, ^(B)you shall not ^[a]show partiality; and ^(C)you shall not accept a bribe, because a bribe blinds the eyes of the wise and distorts the words of the righteous.

³ Here I am; testify against me before the Lord and ^(A)His anointed. ^(B)Whose ox have I taken, or whose donkey have I taken, or whom have I exploited? Whom have I oppressed, or ^(C)from whose hand have I taken a bribe to close my eyes with it? I will return it to you.”