Verse 23

A sinner takes an offering out of his robe, to get a decision for himself in a cause.

Referenced Verses

  • Exod 23:8 : 8 Take no rewards in a cause: for rewards make blind those who have eyes to see, and make the decisions of the upright false.
  • Prov 17:8 : 8 An offering of money is like a stone of great price in the eyes of him who has it: wherever he goes, he does well.
  • Mic 7:3 : 3 Their hands are made ready to do evil; the ruler makes requests for money, and the judge is looking for a reward; and the great man gives decisions at his pleasure, and the right is twisted.
  • Deut 16:19 : 19 You are not to be moved in your judging by a man's position, you are not to take rewards; for rewards make the eyes of the wise man blind, and the decisions of the upright false.
  • 1 Sam 8:3 : 3 And his sons did not go in his ways, but moved by the love of money took rewards, and were not upright in judging.
  • 1 Sam 12:3 : 3 Here I am: give witness against me before the Lord and before the man on whom he has put the holy oil: whose ox or ass have I taken? to whom have I been untrue? who has been crushed down by me? from whose hand have I taken a price for the blinding of my eyes? I will give it all back to you.
  • Prov 18:16 : 16 A man's offering makes room for him, letting him come before great men.
  • Prov 21:14 : 14 By a secret offering wrath is turned away, and the heat of angry feelings by money in the folds of the robe.
  • Isa 1:23 : 23 Your chiefs have gone against the Lord, they have become friends of thieves; every one of them is looking for profit and going after rewards; they do not give right decisions for the child who has no father, and they do not let the cause of the widow come before them.
  • Ezek 22:12 : 12 In you they have taken rewards as the price of blood; you have taken interest and great profits, and you have taken away your neighbours' goods by force, and have not kept me in mind, says the Lord.
  • Mic 3:11 : 11 Its heads take rewards for judging, and the priests take payment for teaching, and the prophets get silver for reading the future: but still, supporting themselves on the Lord, they say, Is not the Lord among us? no evil will overtake us.
  • Mark 14:10-11 : 10 And Judas Iscariot, who was one of the twelve, went away to the chief priests, so that he might give him up to them. 11 And hearing what he said, they were glad, and gave him their word to make him a payment of money. And he took thought how he might best give him up to them.