Exodus 23:8

Geneva Bible (1560)

Thou shalt take no gift: for the gift blindeth the wise, and peruerteth the wordes of the righteous.

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Referenced Verses

  • Deut 16:19 : 19 Wrest not thou ye Law, nor respect any person, neither take rewarde: for the reward blindeth ye eyes of the wise, & peruerteth ye worde of ye iust.
  • Prov 17:23 : 23 A wicked man taketh a gift out of the bosome to wrest the wayes of iudgement.
  • Isa 5:23 : 23 Which iustifie the wicked for a rewarde, and take away the righteousnesse of the righteous from him.
  • Prov 15:27 : 27 He that is greedie of gaine, troubleth his owne house: but he that hateth giftes, shall liue.
  • Prov 17:8 : 8 A rewarde is as a stone pleasant in the eyes of them that haue it: it prospereth, whithersoeuer it turneth.
  • 1 Sam 8:3 : 3 And his sonnes walked not in his wayes, but turned aside after lucre, and tooke rewards, and peruerted the iudgement.
  • Ps 26:10 : 10 In whose handes is wickednes, and their right hand is full of bribes.
  • Deut 10:17 : 17 For the Lord your God is God of gods, and Lord of lordes, a great God, mightie and terrible, which accepteth no persons nor taketh reward:
  • 1 Sam 12:3 : 3 Beholde, here I am: beare recorde of me before the Lord & before his Anointed. Whose oxe haue I taken? or whose asse haue I taken? or whome haue I done wrong to? or whome haue I hurt? or of whose hande haue I receiued any bribe, to blinde mine eyes therewith, and I will restore it you?
  • Prov 19:4 : 4 Riches gather many friends: but the poore is separated from his neighbour.
  • Eccl 7:7 : 7 (7:9) Surely oppression maketh a wise man mad: and the rewarde destroyeth the heart.
  • Isa 1:13 : 13 Bring no mo oblations, in vaine: incense is an abomination vnto me: I can not suffer your newe moones, nor Sabbaths, nor solemne dayes (it is iniquitie) nor solemne assemblies.
  • Ezek 22:12 : 12 In thee haue they taken giftes to shed blood: thou hast taken vsurie and the encrease, and thou hast defrauded thy neighbours by extortion, & hast forgotten me, saith the Lord God.
  • Hos 4:18 : 18 Their drunkennes stinketh: they haue committed whoredome: their rulers loue to say with shame, Bring ye.
  • Amos 5:12 : 12 For I know your manifold transgressions, and your mightie sinnes: they afflict the iust, they take rewards, & they oppresse the poore in ye gate.
  • Mic 7:3 : 3 To make good for the euil of their hands, the prince asked, and the iudge iudgeth for a reward: therefore the great man he speaketh out the corruption of his soule: so they wrapt it vp.

Similar Verses (AI)

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  • Deut 16:19-20
    2 verses
    86%

    19 Wrest not thou ye Law, nor respect any person, neither take rewarde: for the reward blindeth ye eyes of the wise, & peruerteth ye worde of ye iust.

    20 That which is iust and right shalt thou follow, that thou maiest liue, & possesse the land which the Lord thy God giueth thee.

  • Prov 17:23
    80%

    23 A wicked man taketh a gift out of the bosome to wrest the wayes of iudgement.

  • Eccl 7:7
    76%

    7 (7:9) Surely oppression maketh a wise man mad: and the rewarde destroyeth the heart.

  • Exod 23:6-7
    2 verses
    75%

    6 Thou shalt not ouerthrowe the right of thy poore in his sute.

    7 Thou shalt keepe thee farre fro a false matter, and shalt not slaye the innocent and the righteous: for I will not iustifie a wicked man.

  • Isa 5:23
    75%

    23 Which iustifie the wicked for a rewarde, and take away the righteousnesse of the righteous from him.

  • Prov 17:8
    74%

    8 A rewarde is as a stone pleasant in the eyes of them that haue it: it prospereth, whithersoeuer it turneth.

  • Deut 24:17
    74%

    17 Thou shalt not peruert the right of the stranger, nor of the fatherlesse, nor take a widowes rayment to pledge.

  • 2 Chr 19:7
    73%

    7 Wherefore nowe let the feare of the Lorde be vpon you: take heede, and do it: for there is no iniquitie with the Lord our God, neither respect of persons, nor receiuing of reward.

  • Prov 15:27
    73%

    27 He that is greedie of gaine, troubleth his owne house: but he that hateth giftes, shall liue.

  • Isa 33:15
    72%

    15 Hee that walketh in iustice, and speaketh righteous things, refusing gaine of oppression, shaking his handes from taking of gifts, stopping his eares from hearing of blood, and shutting his eyes from seeing euill.

  • Prov 29:4
    72%

    4 A King by iudgement mainteineth ye countrey: but a man receiuing giftes, destroyeth it.

  • Prov 18:5
    72%

    5 It is not good to accept the person of the wicked, to cause ye righteous to fall in iudgement.

  • Lev 19:14-15
    2 verses
    72%

    14 Thou shalt not curse the deafe, neither put a stumbling blocke before the blinde, but shalt feare thy God: I am the Lord.

    15 Ye shall not doe vniustly in iudgement. Thou shalt not fauour the person of the poore, nor honour the person of the mightie, but thou shalt iudge thy neighbour iustly.

  • Exod 23:1-3
    3 verses
    72%

    1 Thou shalt not receiue a false tale, neyther shalt thou put thine hande with the wicked, to be a false witnes.

    2 Thou shalt not followe a multitude to do euil, neither agree in a controuersie to decline after many and ouerthrowe the trueth.

    3 Thou shalt not esteeme a poore man in his cause.

  • Isa 1:23
    71%

    23 Thy Princes are rebellious and companions of theeues: euery one loueth giftes, and followeth after rewards: they iudge not the fatherlesse, neither doeth the widowes cause come before them.

  • Ps 26:10
    71%

    10 In whose handes is wickednes, and their right hand is full of bribes.

  • Ezek 22:12
    70%

    12 In thee haue they taken giftes to shed blood: thou hast taken vsurie and the encrease, and thou hast defrauded thy neighbours by extortion, & hast forgotten me, saith the Lord God.

  • Matt 23:18-19
    2 verses
    70%

    18 And whosoeuer sweareth by the altar, it is nothing: but whosoeuer sweareth by the offering that is vpon it, offendeth.

    19 Ye fooles and blinde, whether is greater, the offering, or the altar which sanctifieth the offering?

  • Prov 24:23
    70%

    23 Also these things perteine to the wise, It is not good to haue respect of any person in iudgement.

  • Prov 23:6
    69%

    6 Eate thou not the bread of him that hath an euil eye, neither desire his deintie meates.

  • Prov 28:21
    69%

    21 To haue respect of persons is not good: for that man will transgresse for a piece of bread.

  • Lev 22:25
    69%

    25 Neither of ye hand of a strager shal ye offer ye bread of your God of any of these, because their corruption is in them, there is a blemish in them: therefore shall they not be accepted for you.

  • Exod 23:9
    69%

    9 Thou shalt not oppresse a stranger: for ye knowe the heart of a stranger, seeing yee were strangers in the land of Egypt.

  • Prov 6:35
    68%

    35 He cannot beare the sight of any raunsome: neither will he consent, though thou augment the giftes.

  • Prov 21:7
    68%

    7 The robberie of the wicked shall destroy them: for they haue refused to execute iudgement.

  • Deut 27:25
    68%

    25 Cursed be he that taketh a reward to put to death innocent blood: And all the people shal say: So be it.

  • 1 Sam 12:4
    68%

    4 Then they sayde, Thou hast done vs no wrong, nor hast hurt vs, neither hast thou taken ought of any mans hand.

  • Deut 13:8
    68%

    8 Thou shalt not cosent vnto him, nor heare him, neither shall thine eye pitie him, nor shewe mercie, nor keepe him secret:

  • Deut 25:13
    68%

    13 Thou shalt not haue in thy bagge two maner of weightes, a great and a small,

  • Prov 21:14
    68%

    14 A gift in secret pacifieth anger, and a gift in the bosome great wrath.

  • Lev 19:35
    67%

    35 Ye shall not doe vniustly in iudgement, in line, in weight, or in measure.

  • Job 17:4
    67%

    4 For thou hast hid their heart from vnderstanding: therefore shalt thou not set them vp on hie.

  • Lev 25:37
    67%

    37 Thou shalt not giue him thy money to vsurie, nor lende him thy vitailes for increase.

  • Jer 22:17
    67%

    17 But thine eyes and thine heart are but only for thy couetousnesse, and for to sheade innocent blood, and for oppression, and for destruction, euen to doe this.

  • Ezek 16:33
    67%

    33 They giue giftes to all other whores, but thou giuest giftes vnto all thy louers, and rewardest them, that they may come vnto thee on euery side for thy fornication.

  • Ps 37:21
    67%

    21 The wicked boroweth and payeth not againe. but the righteous is mercifull, and giueth.

  • Prov 22:22
    67%

    22 Robbe not the poore, because hee is poore, neither oppresse the afflicted in iudgement.

  • Prov 23:10
    67%

    10 Remooue not the ancient boundes, and enter not into the fieldes of the fatherlesse.

  • Prov 22:26
    67%

    26 Be not thou of them that touch the hand, nor among them that are suretie for debts.

  • Prov 23:23
    67%

    23 Bye the trueth, but sell it not: likewise wisdome, and instruction, and vnderstanding.

  • Ezek 18:8
    67%

    8 And hath not giuen foorth vpon vsurie, neither hath taken any increase, but hath withdrawen his hand from iniquitie, and hath executed true iudgement betweene man and man,

  • Jer 7:8
    67%

    8 Beholde, you trust in lying woordes, that can not profite.