25 Bible Verses About Bribery (NIV)

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This is a hand-curated and ranked list of the most relevant Bible verses about Bribery (NIV). Verses are ranked by number of votes.

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Bible Verses About Bribery

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Exodus 23:8

8 "Do not accept a bribe, for a bribe blinds those who see and twists the words of the righteous.

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53

Proverbs 17:23

23 A wicked man accepts a bribe in secret to pervert the course of justice.

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53

Proverbs 15:27

27 A greedy man brings trouble to his family, but he who hates bribes will live.

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36

Proverbs 17:8

8 A bribe is a charm to the one who gives it; wherever he turns, he succeeds.

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33

Ecclesiastes 7:7

7 Extortion turns a wise man into a fool, and a bribe corrupts the heart.

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32

Amos 5:12

12 For I know how many are your offenses and how great your sins. You oppress the righteous and take bribes and you deprive the poor of justice in the courts.

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30

Deuteronomy 16:19

19 Do not pervert justice or show partiality. Do not accept a bribe, for a bribe blinds the eyes of the wise and twists the words of the righteous.

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27

Proverbs 21:14

14 A gift given in secret soothes anger, and a bribe concealed in the cloak pacifies great wrath.

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25

Psalm 26:10

10 in whose hands are wicked schemes, whose right hands are full of bribes.

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22

Isaiah 5:23

23 who acquit the guilty for a bribe, but deny justice to the innocent.

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20

Isaiah 1:23

23 Your rulers are rebels, companions of thieves; they all love bribes and chase after gifts. They do not defend the cause of the fatherless; the widow's case does not come before them.

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20

Proverbs 10:2

2 Ill-gotten treasures are of no value, but righteousness delivers from death.

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19

Job 15:34

34 For the company of the godless will be barren, and fire will consume the tents of those who love bribes.

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18

1 Timothy 6:10

10 For the love of money is a root of all kinds of evil. Some people, eager for money, have wandered from the faith and pierced themselves with many griefs.

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17

Matthew 28:12-15

12 When the chief priests had met with the elders and devised a plan, they gave the soldiers a large sum of money, 13 telling them, "You are to say, 'His disciples came during the night and stole him away while we were asleep.' 14 If this report gets to the governor, we will satisfy him and keep you out of trouble." 15 So the soldiers took the money and did as they were instructed. And this story has been widely circulated among the Jews to this very day.

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16

Proverbs 28:21

21 To show partiality is not good- yet a man will do wrong for a piece of bread.

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15

1 Samuel 8:3

3 But his sons did not walk in his ways. They turned aside after dishonest gain and accepted bribes and perverted justice.

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14

Judges 16:5

5 The rulers of the Philistines went to her and said, "See if you can lure him into showing you the secret of his great strength and how we can overpower him so we may tie him up and subdue him. Each one of us will give you eleven hundred shekels of silver."

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12

Micah 7:3

3 Both hands are skilled in doing evil; the ruler demands gifts, the judge accepts bribes, the powerful dictate what they desire- they all conspire together.

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12

Matthew 27:3-9

3 When Judas, who had betrayed him, saw that Jesus was condemned, he was seized with remorse and returned the thirty silver coins to the chief priests and the elders. 4 "I have sinned," he said, "for I have betrayed innocent blood.What is that to us?" they replied. "That's your responsibility." 5 So Judas threw the money into the temple and left. Then he went away and hanged himself. 6 The chief priests picked up the coins and said, "It is against the law to put this into the treasury, since it is blood money." 7 So they decided to use the money to buy the potter's field as a burial place for foreigners. 8 That is why it has been called the Field of Blood to this day. 9 Then what was spoken by Jeremiah the prophet was fulfilled: "They took the thirty silver coins, the price set on him by the people of Israel,

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11

Ezekiel 22:12

12 In you men accept bribes to shed blood; you take usury and excessive interest and make unjust gain from your neighbors by extortion. And you have forgotten me, declares the Sovereign LORD.

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Isaiah 33:15

15 He who walks righteously and speaks what is right, who rejects gain from extortion and keeps his hand from accepting bribes, who stops his ears against plots of murder and shuts his eyes against contemplating evil-

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Proverbs 29:4

4 By justice a king gives a country stability, but one who is greedy for bribes tears it down.

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Ezekiel 13:19

19 You have profaned me among my people for a few handfuls of barley and scraps of bread. By lying to my people, who listen to lies, you have killed those who should not have died and have spared those who should not live.

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8

Acts 24:26

26 At the same time he was hoping that Paul would offer him a bribe, so he sent for him frequently and talked with him.

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