Verse 8

Thou shalt not take giftes: for giftes blinde euen them yt are sharpe of sight, & wraist the righteous causes.

Referenced Verses

  • Deut 16:19 : 19 Thou shalt not wrest the lawe. Thou shalt knowe no personne also, ner take giftes. For giftes blynde the eyes of ye wyse, & peruerte ye righteous causes.
  • Prov 17:23 : 23 The vngodly taketh giftes out of the bosome, to wraist the wayes of iudgment.
  • Isa 5:23 : 23 These gyue sentence with the vngodly for rewardes, but condemne the iust cause of the rightuous.
  • Prov 15:27 : 27 The couetous man wrutteth vp his owne house, but who so hateth rewardes, shal lyue.
  • Prov 17:8 : 8 Liberalite is a precious stone vnto him that hath it, for where so euer he becometh, he prospereth.
  • 1 Sam 8:3 : 3 Neuertheles his sonnes walked not in his wayes, but enclyned vnto couetousnes, & toke giftes, & wraysted the lawe.
  • Ps 26:10 : 10 In whose hondes is wickednesse, and their right honde is full of giftes.
  • Deut 10:17 : 17 For the LORDE yor God is God of all goddes, & LORDE ouer all lordes, a greate God, mightie & terryble, which regardeth no personne, & taketh no giftes
  • 1 Sam 12:3 : 3 Beholde, here am I: answere ye agaynst me before the RORDE and his anoynted, yf I haue taken eny mans oxe or asse, yf I haue done eny man violence or wronge, If I haue oppressed eny ma, yf I haue receaued a gifte of eny mans hande, and kepte it secretly, I wil restore it you agayne.
  • Prov 19:4 : 4 Riches make many frendes, but the poore is forsake of his owne frendes.
  • Eccl 7:7 : 7 Who so doeth wronge, maketh a wyse man to go out of his witt, and destroyeth a gentle hert.
  • Isa 1:13 : 13 Offre me no mo oblacions, for it is but lost laboure. I abhorre youre incense. I maye not awaye with youre newmoones, youre Sabbathes and solempne dayes. Youre fastinges are also in vayne.
  • Ezek 22:12 : 12 Yee giftes haue bene receaued in the, to shed bloude. Thou hast taken vsury & encreace, thou hast oppressed thy neghbours by extorcion, and forgotten me, saieth the LORDE God.
  • Hos 4:18 : 18 Their dronckenesse hath put the backe, & brought them to whordome. Their rulers loue rewardes, brynge (saye they,) to their owne shame.
  • Amos 5:12 : 12 as for the multitude of youre wickednesses and youre stoute synnes, I knowe them right well. Enemies are ye off the rightuous, ye take rewardes, ye oppresse the poore in iudgment.
  • Mic 7:3 : 3 yet they saye they do well, when they do euell. As the prince wil, so sayeth the iudge: yt he maye do him a pleasure agayne. The greate ma speaketh what his herte desyreth, & ye hearers alowe him.