"A wicked man taketh a gift out of the bosom to pervert the ways of judgment."
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And his sons walked not in his ways, but turned aside after lucre, and took bribes, and perverted judgment.
Behold, here I am: witness against me before the LORD, and before his anointed: whose ox have I taken? or whose ass have I taken? or whom have I defrauded? whom have I oppressed? or of whose hand have I received any bribe to blind mine eyes therewith? and I will restore it you.
A man's gift maketh room for him, and bringeth him before great men.
A gift in secret pacifieth anger: and a reward in the bosom strong wrath.
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.
In thee have they taken gifts to shed blood; thou hast taken usury and increase, and thou hast greedily gained of thy neighbours by extortion, and hast forgotten me, saith the Lord GOD.
The heads thereof judge for reward, and the priests thereof teach for hire, and the prophets thereof divine for money: yet will they lean upon the LORD, and say, Is not the LORD among us? none evil can come upon us.
And Judas Iscariot, one of the twelve, went unto the chief priests, to betray him unto them.
Thou shalt not wrest judgment; thou shalt not respect persons, neither take a gift: for a gift doth blind the eyes of the wise, and pervert the words of the righteous.
And thou shalt take no gift: for the gift blindeth the wise, and perverteth the words of the righteous.
A gift is as a precious stone in the eyes of him that hath it: whithersoever it turneth, it prospereth.
That they may do evil with both hands earnestly, the prince asketh, and the judge asketh for a reward; and the great man, he uttereth his mischievous desire: so they wrap it up.
A sinner takes an offering out of his robe, to get a decision for himself in a cause.
A wicked [man] taketh a gift out of the bosom, to pervert the paths of judgment.
A wicked man taketh a gift out of the bosom to pervert the ways of judgment.
A wicked man taketh a gift out of the bosom to pervert the ways of judgment.
A wicked man receives a bribe in secret, To pervert the ways of justice.
A bribe from the bosom the wicked taketh, To turn aside the paths of judgment.