Exodus 23:8
Christian Standard Bible
8 You must not take a bribe,(A) for a bribe blinds the clear-sighted and corrupts the words[a] of the righteous.
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- 23:8 Or and subverts the cause
Exodus 23:8
New International Version
8 “Do not accept a bribe,(A) for a bribe blinds those who see and twists the words of the innocent.
Exodus 23:8
King James Version
8 And thou shalt take no gift: for the gift blindeth the wise, and perverteth the words of the righteous.
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Proverbs 17:15
Christian Standard Bible
15 Acquitting the guilty and condemning the just(A)—
both are detestable to the Lord.
Proverbs 17:15
New International Version
Proverbs 17:15
King James Version
15 He that justifieth the wicked, and he that condemneth the just, even they both are abomination to the Lord.
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Isaiah 1:23
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23 Your rulers are rebels,
friends of thieves.(A)
They all love graft
and chase after bribes.(B)
They do not defend the rights of the fatherless,
and the widow’s case never comes before them.(C)
Isaiah 1:23
New International Version
Isaiah 1:23
King James Version
23 Thy princes are rebellious, and companions of thieves: every one loveth gifts, and followeth after rewards: they judge not the fatherless, neither doth the cause of the widow come unto them.
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Isaiah 33:15
Christian Standard Bible
15 The one who lives righteously
and speaks rightly,(A)
who refuses profit from extortion,
whose hand never takes a bribe,
who stops his ears from listening to murderous plots
and shuts his eyes against evil schemes(B)—
Isaiah 33:15
King James Version
15 He that walketh righteously, and speaketh uprightly; he that despiseth the gain of oppressions, that shaketh his hands from holding of bribes, that stoppeth his ears from hearing of blood, and shutteth his eyes from seeing evil;
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