Deuteronomy 27:25

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Cursed is anyone who accepts a bribe to kill an innocent person. Then all the people shall say, 'Amen.'

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  • Exod 23:7-8 : 7 Stay far from a false accusation; do not kill the innocent and the righteous, for I will not justify the wicked. 8 Do not accept a bribe, for a bribe blinds those who see and twists the words of the righteous.
  • Deut 10:17 : 17 For the LORD your God is God of gods and Lord of lords, the great, mighty, and awe-inspiring God, who shows no partiality and accepts no bribes.
  • Deut 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.
  • Ps 15:5 : 5 Who does not lend money at interest or accept a bribe against the innocent. The one who does these things will never be shaken.
  • Prov 1:11-29 : 11 If they say, 'Come with us, let us lie in wait for blood; let us ambush the innocent without cause;' 12 Like Sheol, we will swallow them alive, whole, like those who go down to the pit; 13 We will find all kinds of precious wealth; we will fill our houses with plunder. 14 Cast your lot among us; we will all have one purse. 15 My son, do not walk in the way with them; keep your foot away from their paths, 16 For their feet run to evil; they hasten to shed blood. 17 Surely in vain is the net spread in sight of any bird, 18 But these men lie in wait for their own blood; they ambush their own lives. 19 Such are the ways of everyone who gains unjust profit; it takes away the life of its owners. 20 Wisdom cries aloud in the streets; in the public squares, she raises her voice. 21 At the head of the noisy streets, she calls out; at the city gates, she makes her speech. 22 How long, simple ones, will you love simplicity? How long will mockers delight in mockery and fools hate knowledge? 23 If you turn at my correction, behold, I will pour out my Spirit to you; I will make my words known to you. 24 Because I called and you refused, I stretched out my hand, but no one paid attention, 25 And you ignored all my advice and would have none of my correction, 26 I too will laugh at your calamity; I will mock when terror strikes you, 27 When your terror comes like a storm, and your calamity comes like a whirlwind, when distress and anguish overwhelm you. 28 Then they will call to me, but I will not answer; they will seek me earnestly, but they will not find me. 29 Because they hated knowledge and did not choose the fear of the LORD,
  • Ezek 22:12-13 : 12 In you, they accept bribes to shed blood; they take interest and increase unlawfully. You have gained profit in extorting your neighbors, and you have forgotten me, declares the Sovereign LORD. 13 See, I will strike my hands together in anger at the dishonest gain you have made and the bloodshed that has been done in your midst.
  • Mic 3:10-11 : 10 You build Zion with bloodshed and Jerusalem with iniquity. 11 Her leaders judge for a bribe, her priests teach for a price, and her prophets practice divination for silver. Yet they lean on the LORD, saying, 'Is not the LORD among us? No disaster will come upon us.'
  • Mic 7:2-3 : 2 The godly have perished from the land, and there is no upright person among humanity. All of them lie in wait for blood; they hunt each other with nets. 3 Their hands are skilled at doing evil: the ruler demands gifts, the judge accepts bribes, and the powerful speak out their selfish desires. Together they weave a web of corrupt schemes.
  • Matt 26:15 : 15 and said, "What are you willing to give me if I deliver Him over to you?" So they counted out thirty pieces of silver for him.
  • Matt 27:3-4 : 3 Then Judas, who had betrayed Him, saw that Jesus was condemned. Feeling remorse, he returned the thirty pieces of silver to the chief priests and the elders. 4 He said, 'I have sinned by betraying innocent blood.' But they replied, 'What is that to us? You take care of it.'
  • Acts 1:18 : 18 (With the reward he received for his wickedness, Judas bought a field; and falling headlong, his body burst open and all his intestines spilled out.)

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    15Cursed is anyone who makes a carved or cast idol, an abomination to the LORD, the work of a craftsman, and sets it up in secret. Then all the people shall say, 'Amen.'

    16Cursed is anyone who dishonors his father or mother. Then all the people shall say, 'Amen.'

    17Cursed is anyone who moves his neighbor's boundary marker. Then all the people shall say, 'Amen.'

    18Cursed is anyone who leads a blind person astray on the road. Then all the people shall say, 'Amen.'

    19Cursed is anyone who denies justice to the foreigner, the fatherless, or the widow. Then all the people shall say, 'Amen.'

    20Cursed is anyone who sleeps with his father's wife, for he has dishonored his father's bed. Then all the people shall say, 'Amen.'

    21Cursed is anyone who has sexual relations with any animal. Then all the people shall say, 'Amen.'

    22Cursed is anyone who has sexual relations with his sister, the daughter of his father or the daughter of his mother. Then all the people shall say, 'Amen.'

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    26Cursed is anyone who does not uphold the words of this law by carrying them out. Then all the people shall say, 'Amen.'

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    7Stay far from a false accusation; do not kill the innocent and the righteous, for I will not justify the wicked.

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

  • Ps 94:21
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    21They band together against the life of the righteous and condemn innocent blood.

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    30Anyone who kills another person is to be put to death as a murderer only on the testimony of witnesses; but no one is to be put to death on the testimony of only one witness.

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    10This is to prevent the shedding of innocent blood within the land the LORD your God is giving you as an inheritance, so that you will not be guilty of bloodshed.

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    17Anyone who takes the life of another person must be put to death.

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    10Cursed is the one who does the LORD's work negligently, and cursed is the one who withholds their sword from blood.

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    24Whoever says to the wicked, 'You are righteous,' the peoples will curse him, and the nations will denounce him.

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    12the elders of his city shall send for him, take him from there, and hand him over to the avenger of blood to be put to death.

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    21Whoever kills an animal must make restitution, but whoever kills a person must be put to death.

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    7The hands of the witnesses must be the first to put the person to death, and then the hands of all the people. You must purge the evil from among you.

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    4He said, 'I have sinned by betraying innocent blood.' But they replied, 'What is that to us? You take care of it.'

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    15The one who walks in righteousness, speaks what is right, rejects gain from extortion, shakes his hands to refuse bribes, stops his ears from hearing of bloodshed, and shuts his eyes from looking at evil.

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    25And all the people answered, 'His blood be on us and on our children!'

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    23who acquit the guilty for a bribe and deny justice to the righteous!

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    27The people repeated to him what they had been saying: 'This is what will be done for the man who kills him.'

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    17A man burdened with the guilt of bloodshed will flee to the pit; let no one support him.

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    13He lends at interest and takes a profit. Will such a person live? He will not! Because he has committed all these abominations, he will surely be put to death, and his blood will be on his own head.

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    12Anyone who strikes a man and kills him shall surely be put to death.

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    20A faithful man will abound in blessings, but one in a hurry to get rich will not go unpunished.

  • Ps 26:10
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    10whose hands are full of wicked schemes, and whose right hand is filled with bribes.

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    5Who does not lend money at interest or accept a bribe against the innocent. The one who does these things will never be shaken.

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    14However, if someone schemes and acts deliberately to kill his neighbor, you shall take him even from my altar to be put to death.

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    11If they say, 'Come with us, let us lie in wait for blood; let us ambush the innocent without cause;'

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    15But you should certainly know that if you put me to death, you are bringing innocent blood upon yourselves, this city, and its inhabitants, for truly the LORD has sent me to you to speak all these words in your hearing.

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    30However, if a ransom is imposed on him, he must pay whatever is demanded for the redemption of his life.

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    22For those blessed by the LORD will inherit the land, but those cursed by Him will be cut off.

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    17But your eyes and heart are set only on your dishonest gain, on shedding innocent blood, and on oppression and violence.

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    17Anyone who curses his father or mother shall surely be put to death.