Verse 25
Cursed{H779} be he that taketh{H3947} a bribe{H7810} to slay{H5221} an innocent{H5355} person.{H5315} And all the people{H5971} shall say,{H559} Amen.{H543}
Referenced Verses
- Exod 23:7-8 : 7 Keep thee far{H7368} from a false{H8267} matter;{H1697} and the innocent{H5355} and righteous{H6662} slay{H2026} thou not: for I will not justify{H6663} the wicked.{H7563} 8 And thou shalt take{H3947} no bribe:{H7810} for a bribe{H7810} blindeth{H5786} them that have sight,{H6493} and perverteth{H5557} the words{H1697} of the righteous.{H6662}
- Deut 10:17 : 17 For Jehovah{H3068} your God,{H430} he is God{H430} of gods,{H430} and Lord{H113} of lords,{H113} the great{H1419} God,{H410} the mighty,{H1368} and the terrible,{H3372} who regardeth{H5375} not persons,{H6440} nor taketh{H3947} reward.{H7810}
- Deut 16:19 : 19 Thou shalt not wrest{H5186} justice:{H4941} thou shalt not respect{H5234} persons;{H6440} neither shalt thou take{H3947} a bribe;{H7810} for a bribe{H7810} doth blind{H5786} the eyes{H5869} of the wise,{H2450} and pervert{H5557} the words{H1697} of the righteous.{H6662}
- Ps 15:5 : 5 He that putteth not out{H5414} his money{H3701} to interest,{H5392} Nor taketh{H3947} reward{H7810} against the innocent.{H5355} He that doeth{H6213} these things shall never{H5769} be moved.{H4131}
- Prov 1:11-29 : 11 If they say,{H559} Come{H3212} with us, Let us lay wait{H693} for blood;{H1818} Let us lurk{H6845} privily for the innocent{H5355} without cause;{H2600} 12 Let us swallow them up{H1104} alive{H2416} as Sheol,{H7585} And whole,{H8549} as those that go down{H3381} into the pit;{H953} 13 We shall find{H4672} all precious{H3368} substance;{H1952} We shall fill{H4390} our houses{H1004} with spoil;{H7998} 14 Thou shalt cast{H5307} thy lot{H1486} among{H8432} us; We will all have one{H259} purse:{H3599} 15 My son,{H1121} walk{H3212} not thou in the way{H1870} with them; Refrain{H4513} thy foot{H7272} from their path:{H5410} 16 For their feet{H7272} run{H7323} to evil,{H7451} And they make haste{H4116} to shed{H8210} blood.{H1818} 17 For in vain{H2600} is the net{H7568} spread{H2219} In the sight{H5869} of any bird:{H1167} 18 And these lay wait{H693} for their own blood;{H1818} They lurk privily{H6845} for their own lives.{H5315} 19 So are the ways{H734} of every one that is greedy{H1214} of gain;{H1215} It taketh away{H3947} the life{H5315} of the owners{H1167} thereof. 20 Wisdom{H2454} crieth{H7442} aloud in the street;{H2351} She uttereth{H5414} her voice{H6963} in the broad{H7339} places; 21 She crieth{H7121} in the chief place{H7218} of concourse;{H1993} At the entrance{H6607} of the gates,{H8179} In the city,{H5892} she uttereth{H559} her words:{H561} 22 How long, ye simple ones,{H6612} will ye love{H157} simplicity?{H6612} And scoffers{H3887} delight{H2530} them in scoffing,{H3944} And fools{H3684} hate{H8130} knowledge?{H1847} 23 Turn{H7725} you at my reproof:{H8433} Behold, I will pour out{H5042} my spirit{H7307} upon you; I will make known{H3045} my words{H1697} unto you. 24 Because I have called,{H7121} and ye have refused;{H3985} I have stretched out{H5186} my hand,{H3027} and no man hath regarded;{H7181} 25 But ye have set at nought{H6544} all my counsel,{H6098} And would{H14} none of my reproof:{H8433} 26 I also will laugh{H7832} in [the day of] your calamity;{H343} I will mock{H3932} when your fear{H6343} cometh;{H935} 27 When your fear{H6343} cometh{H935} as a storm,{H5492} And your calamity{H343} cometh{H857} on as a whirlwind;{H5492} When distress{H6869} and anguish{H6695} come{H935} upon you. 28 Then will they call{H7121} upon me, but I will not answer;{H6030} They will seek me diligently,{H7836} but they shall not find{H4672} me: 29 For that they hated{H8130} knowledge,{H1847} And did not choose{H977} the fear{H3374} of Jehovah:{H3068}
- Ezek 22:12-13 : 12 In thee have they taken{H3947} bribes{H7810} to shed{H8210} blood;{H1818} thou hast taken{H3947} interest{H5392} and increase,{H8636} and thou hast greedily gained{H1214} of thy neighbors{H7453} by oppression,{H6233} and hast forgotten{H7911} me, saith{H5002} the Lord{H136} Jehovah.{H3069} 13 Behold, therefore, I have smitten{H5221} my hand{H3709} at thy dishonest gain{H1215} which thou hast made,{H6213} and at thy blood{H1818} which hath been in the midst{H8432} of thee.
- Mic 3:10-11 : 10 They build up{H1129} Zion{H6726} with blood,{H1818} and Jerusalem{H3389} with iniquity.{H5766} 11 The heads{H7218} thereof judge{H8199} for reward,{H7810} and the priests{H3548} thereof teach{H3384} for hire,{H4242} and the prophets{H5030} thereof divine{H7080} for money:{H3701} yet they lean{H8172} upon Jehovah,{H3068} and say,{H559} Is not Jehovah{H3068} in the midst{H7130} of us? no evil{H7451} shall come{H935} upon us.
- Mic 7:2-3 : 2 The godly{H2623} man is perished{H6} out of the earth,{H776} and there is none upright{H3477} among men:{H120} they all lie in wait{H693} for blood;{H1818} they hunt{H6679} every man{H376} his brother{H251} with a net.{H2764} 3 Their hands{H3709} are upon that which is evil{H7451} to do it diligently;{H3190} the prince{H8269} asketh,{H7592} and the judge{H8199} [is ready] for a reward;{H7966} and the great{H1419} man, he uttereth{H1696} the evil{H1942} desire{H5315} of his soul: thus they weave{H5686} it together.
- Matt 26:15 : 15 and said,{G2036} What{G5101} are ye{G2309} willing to give{G1325} me,{G3427} and I{G2504} will deliver{G3860} him{G846} unto you?{G5213} And{G1161} they weighed{G2476} unto him{G846} thirty{G5144} pieces of silver.{G694}
- Matt 27:3-4 : 3 Then{G5119} Judas,{G2455} who betrayed{G3860} him,{G846} when he saw{G1492} that{G3754} he was condemned,{G2632} repented himself,{G3338} and brought back{G654} the thirty{G5144} pieces of silver{G694} to the chief priests{G749} and{G2532} elders,{G4245} 4 saying,{G3004} I have sinned{G264} in that I betrayed{G3860} innocent{G121} blood.{G129} But{G1161} they{G3588} said,{G2036} What{G5101} is that to{G4314} us?{G2248} see{G3700} thou{G4771} [to it].
- Acts 1:18 : 18 (Now{G3767} this man{G3778} obtained{G2932} a field{G5564} with{G1537} the reward{G3408} of his iniquity;{G93} and{G2532} falling{G1096} headlong,{G4248} he burst asunder{G2997} in the midst,{G3319} and{G2532} all{G3956} his{G846} bowels{G4698} gushed out.{G1632}