Psalms 26:10

American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

In whose hands is wickedness, And their right hand is full of bribes.

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American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

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Divine name rendering: Frequently renders the Tetragrammaton as Jehovah in the Old Testament, following ASV tradition.
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Referenced Verses

Exod 23:8 : 8 And thou shalt take no bribe: for a bribe blindeth them that have sight, and perverteth the words of the righteous.
Deut 16:19 : 19 Thou shalt not wrest justice: thou shalt not respect persons; neither shalt thou take a bribe; for a bribe doth blind the eyes of the wise, and pervert the words of the righteous.
1 Sam 8:3 : 3 And his sons walked not in his ways, but turned aside after lucre, and took bribes, and perverted justice.
Ps 10:14 : 14 Thou hast seen [it]; for thou beholdest mischief and spite, to requite it with thy hand: The helpless committeth [himself] unto thee; Thou hast been the helper of the fatherless.
Ps 11:2 : 2 For, lo, the wicked bend the bow, They make ready their arrow upon the string, That they may shoot in darkness at the upright in heart;
Ps 36:4 : 4 He deviseth iniquity upon his bed; He setteth himself in a way that is not good; He abhorreth not evil.
Ps 52:2 : 2 Thy tongue deviseth very wickedness, Like a sharp razor, working deceitfully.
Ps 55:9-9 : 9 Destroy, O Lord, [and] divide their tongue; For I have seen violence and strife in the city. 10 Day and night they go about it upon the walls thereof: Iniquity also and mischief are in the midst of it. 11 Wickedness is in the midst thereof: Oppression and guile depart not from its streets.
Prov 1:16 : 16 For their feet run to evil, And they make haste to shed blood.
Prov 4:16 : 16 For they sleep not, except they do evil; And their sleep is taken away, unless they cause some to fall.
Isa 33:15 : 15 He that walketh righteously, and speaketh uprightly; he that despiseth the gain of oppressions, that shaketh his hands from taking a bribe, that stoppeth his ears from hearing of blood, and shutteth his eyes from looking upon evil:
Ezek 22:12-13 : 12 In thee have they taken bribes to shed blood; thou hast taken interest and increase, and thou hast greedily gained of thy neighbors by oppression, and hast forgotten me, saith the Lord Jehovah. 13 Behold, therefore, I have smitten my hand at thy dishonest gain which thou hast made, and at thy blood which hath been in the midst of thee.
Amos 5:12 : 12 For I know how manifold are your transgressions, and how mighty are your sins— ye that afflict the just, that take a bribe, and that turn aside the needy in the gate [from their right].
Mic 2:1-3 : 1 Woe to them that devise iniquity and work evil upon their beds! when the morning is light, they practise it, because it is in the power of their hand. 2 And they covet fields, and seize them; and houses, and take them away: and they oppress a man and his house, even a man and his heritage. 3 Therefore thus saith Jehovah: Behold, against this family do I devise an evil, from which ye shall not remove your necks, neither shall ye walk haughtily; for it is an evil time.
Mic 7:3 : 3 Their hands are upon that which is evil to do it diligently; the prince asketh, and the judge [is ready] for a reward; and the great man, he uttereth the evil desire of his soul: thus they weave it together.
Matt 26:3-4 : 3 Then were gathered together the chief priests, and the elders of the people, unto the court of the high priest, who was called Caiaphas; 4 and they took counsel together that they might take Jesus by subtlety, and kill him.
Acts 23:12 : 12 And when it was day, {G5100} the Jews banded together, and bound themselves under a curse, saying that they would neither eat nor drink till they had killed Paul.

Similar Verses (AI)

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Mic 7:3
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3Their hands are upon that which is evil to do it diligently; the prince asketh, and the judge [is ready] for a reward; and the great man, he uttereth the evil desire of his soul: thus they weave it together.
Ps 144:8
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8Whose mouth speaketh deceit, And whose right hand is a right hand of falsehood.
Prov 17:23
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23A wicked man receiveth a bribe out of the bosom, To pervert the ways of justice.
Ps 26:11
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11But as for me, I will walk in mine integrity: Redeem me, and be merciful unto me.
Ps 28:3-4
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3Draw me not away with the wicked, And with the workers of iniquity; That speak peace with their neighbors, But mischief is in their hearts.
4Give them according to their work, and according to the wickedness of their doings: Give them after the operation of their hands; Render to them their desert.
Ps 26:9
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9Gather not my soul with sinners, Nor my life with men of blood;
Ps 58:2
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2Nay, in heart ye work wickedness; Ye weigh out the violence of your hands in the earth.
Ps 10:7
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7His mouth is full of cursing and deceit and oppression: Under his tongue is mischief and iniquity.
Isa 5:23
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23that justify the wicked for a bribe, and take away the righteousness of the righteous from him!
Prov 11:21
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21[Though] hand [join] in hand, the evil man shall not be unpunished; But the seed of the righteous shall be delivered.
Isa 33:15
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15He that walketh righteously, and speaketh uprightly; he that despiseth the gain of oppressions, that shaketh his hands from taking a bribe, that stoppeth his ears from hearing of blood, and shutteth his eyes from looking upon evil:
Job 21:16
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16Lo, their prosperity is not in their hand: The counsel of the wicked is far from me.
Mic 6:10-12
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10Are there yet treasures of wickedness in the house of the wicked, and a scant measure that is abominable?
11Shall I be pure with wicked balances, and with a bag of deceitful weights?
12For the rich men thereof are full of violence, and the inhabitants thereof have spoken lies, and their tongue is deceitful in their mouth.
Ezek 22:13
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13Behold, therefore, I have smitten my hand at thy dishonest gain which thou hast made, and at thy blood which hath been in the midst of thee.
Prov 24:2
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2For their heart studieth oppression, And their lips talk of mischief.
Isa 59:3
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3For your hands are defiled with blood, and your fingers with iniquity; your lips have spoken lies, your tongue muttereth wickedness.
Ps 144:11
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11Rescue me, and deliver me out of the hand of {H5236} aliens, Whose mouth speaketh deceit, And whose right hand is a right hand of falsehood.
Mic 2:1
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1Woe to them that devise iniquity and work evil upon their beds! when the morning is light, they practise it, because it is in the power of their hand.
Job 20:22
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22In the fulness of his sufficiency he shall be in straits: The hand of every one that is in misery shall come upon him.
1 Sam 24:13
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13As saith the proverb of the ancients, Out of the wicked cometh forth wickedness; but my hand shall not be upon thee.
Ps 125:3
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3For the sceptre of wickedness shall not rest upon the lot of the righteous; That the righteous put not forth their hands unto iniquity.
Ps 69:27
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27Add iniquity unto their iniquity; And let them not come into thy righteousness.
Ps 5:9-10
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9For there is no faithfulness in their mouth; Their inward part is very wickedness; Their throat is an open sepulchre; They flatter with their tongue.
10Hold them guilty, O God; Let them fall by their own counsels; Thrust them out in the multitude of their transgressions; For they have rebelled against thee.
Ps 109:6
71%
6Set thou a wicked man over him; And let an adversary stand at his right hand.
Job 36:17
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17But thou art full of the judgment of the wicked: Judgment and justice take hold [on thee].
Rom 3:14-16
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14Whose mouth is full of cursing and bitterness:
15Their feet are swift to shed blood;
16Destruction and misery are in their ways;
Prov 1:16
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16For their feet run to evil, And they make haste to shed blood.
Jer 5:26
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26For among my people are found wicked men: they watch, as fowlers lie in wait; they set a trap, they catch men.
Ps 55:11
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11Wickedness is in the midst thereof: Oppression and guile depart not from its streets.
Ps 140:4
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4Keep me, O Jehovah, from the hands of the wicked; Preserve me from the violent man: Who have purposed to thrust aside my steps.
Exod 23:8
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8And thou shalt take no bribe: for a bribe blindeth them that have sight, and perverteth the words of the righteous.
Prov 28:10
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10Whoso causeth the upright to go astray in an evil way, He shall fall himself into his own pit; But the perfect shall inherit good.
Prov 2:14-15
2 verses
71%
14Who rejoice to do evil, And delight in the perverseness of evil;
15Who are crooked in their ways, And wayward in their paths:
Prov 21:7
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7The violence of the wicked shall sweep them away, Because they refuse to do justice.
Hos 7:3
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3They make the king glad with their wickedness, and the princes with their lies.
Isa 3:11
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11Woe unto the wicked! [it shall be] ill [with him]; for what his hands have done shall be done unto him.
Ps 94:20
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20Shall the throne of wickedness have fellowship with thee, Which frameth mischief by statute?
Job 30:12
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12Upon my right hand rise the rabble; They thrust aside my feet, And they cast up against me their ways of destruction.
Prov 11:6
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6The righteousness of the upright shall deliver them; But the treacherous shall be taken in their own iniquity.
Isa 59:7
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7Their feet run to evil, and they make haste to shed innocent blood: their thoughts are thoughts of iniquity; desolation and destruction are in their paths.
Ps 10:2
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2In the pride of the wicked the poor is hotly pursued; Let them be taken in the devices that they have conceived.
Amos 5:12
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12For I know how manifold are your transgressions, and how mighty are your sins— ye that afflict the just, that take a bribe, and that turn aside the needy in the gate [from their right].
Ps 75:8
70%
8For in the hand of Jehovah there is a cup, and the wine foameth; It is full of mixture, and he poureth out of the same: Surely the dregs thereof, all the wicked of the earth shall drain them, and drink them.