Acts 24:26

Webster's Bible (1833)

Meanwhile, he also hoped that money would be given to him by Paul, that he might release him. Therefore also he sent for him more often, and talked with him.

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  • Exod 23:8 : 8 You shall take no bribe, for a bribe blinds those who have sight and perverts the words of the righteous.
  • Deut 16:19 : 19 You shall not wrest justice: you shall not respect persons; neither shall you take a bribe; for a bribe does blind the eyes of the wise, and pervert the words of the righteous.
  • 1 Sam 8:3 : 3 His sons didn't walk in his ways, but turned aside after lucre, and took bribes, and perverted justice.
  • 1 Sam 12:3 : 3 Here I am: witness against me before Yahweh, and before his anointed: whose ox have I taken? or whose donkey have I taken? or whom have I defrauded? whom have I oppressed? or of whose hand have I taken a ransom to blind my eyes therewith? and I will restore it you.
  • 2 Chr 19:7 : 7 Now therefore let the fear of Yahweh be on you; take heed and do it: for there is no iniquity with Yahweh our God, nor respect of persons, nor taking of bribes.
  • Job 15:34 : 34 For the company of the godless shall be barren, And fire shall consume the tents of bribery.
  • Ps 26:9-9 : 9 Don't gather my soul with sinners, Nor my life with bloodthirsty men; 10 In whose hands is wickedness, Their right hand is full of bribes.
  • Prov 17:8 : 8 A bribe is a precious stone in the eyes of him who gives it; Wherever he turns, he prospers.
  • Prov 17:23 : 23 A wicked man receives a bribe in secret, To pervert the ways of justice.
  • Prov 19:6 : 6 Many will entreat the favor of a ruler, And everyone is a friend to a man who gives gifts.
  • Prov 29:4 : 4 The king by justice makes the land stable, But he who takes bribes tears it down.
  • Isa 1:23 : 23 Your princes are rebellious, and companions of thieves. Everyone loves bribes, and follows after rewards. They don't judge the fatherless, Neither does the cause of the widow come to them.
  • Isa 33:15 : 15 He who walks righteously, and speaks blamelessly; he who despises the gain of oppressions, who shakes his hands from taking a bribe, who stops his ears from hearing of blood, and shuts his eyes from looking on evil:
  • Isa 56:11 : 11 Yes, the dogs are greedy, they can never have enough; and these are shepherds who can't understand: they have all turned to their own way, each one to his gain, from every quarter.
  • Ezek 22:27 : 27 Her princes in the midst of it are like wolves ravening the prey, to shed blood, [and] to destroy souls, that they may get dishonest gain.
  • Ezek 33:31 : 31 They come to you as the people comes, and they sit before you as my people, and they hear your words, but don't do them; for with their mouth they show much love, but their heart goes after their gain.
  • Hos 4:18 : 18 Their drink has become sour. They play the prostitute continually. Her rulers dearly love their shameful way.
  • Hos 12:7-8 : 7 A merchant has dishonest scales in his hand. He loves to defraud. 8 Ephraim said, "Surely I have become rich, I have found myself wealth. In all my wealth they won't find in me any iniquity that is sin."
  • Amos 2:6-7 : 6 Thus says Yahweh: "For three transgressions of Israel, yes, for four, I will not turn away its punishment; Because they have sold the righteous for silver, And the needy for a pair of shoes; 7 They trample on the dust of the earth on the head of the poor, And deny justice to the oppressed; And a man and his father use the same maiden, to profane my holy name;
  • Mic 3:11 : 11 Her leaders judge for bribes, And her priests teach for a price, And her prophets of it tell forturnes for money: Yet they lean on Yahweh, and say, Isn't Yahweh in the midst of us? No disaster will come on us.
  • Mic 7:3 : 3 Their hands are on that which is evil to do it diligently. The ruler and judge ask for a bribe; And the powerful man dictates the evil desire of his soul. Thus they conspire together.
  • Acts 24:2-3 : 2 When he was called, Tertullus began to accuse him, saying, "Seeing that by you we enjoy much peace, and that excellent measures are coming to this nation, 3 we accept it in all ways and in all places, most excellent Felix, with all thankfulness.
  • Acts 24:17 : 17 Now after some years, I came to bring gifts for the needy to my nation, and offerings;
  • 1 Cor 6:9 : 9 Or don't you know that the unrighteous will not inherit the Kingdom of God? Don't be deceived. Neither the sexually immoral, nor idolaters, nor adulterers, nor male prostitutes, nor homosexuals,
  • Eph 5:5-6 : 5 Know this for sure, that no sexually immoral person, nor unclean person, nor covetous man, who is an idolater, has any inheritance in the Kingdom of Christ and God. 6 Let no one deceive you with empty words. For because of these things, the wrath of God comes on the children of disobedience.
  • 1 Tim 6:9-9 : 9 But those who are determined to be rich fall into a temptation and a snare and many foolish and harmful lusts, such as drown men in ruin and destruction. 10 For the love of money is a root of all kinds of evil. Some have been led astray from the faith in their greed, and have pierced themselves through with many sorrows.
  • 2 Pet 2:3 : 3 In covetousness they will exploit you with deceptive words: whose sentence now from of old doesn't linger, and their destruction will not slumber.
  • 2 Pet 2:14-15 : 14 having eyes full of adultery, and who can't cease from sin; enticing unsettled souls; having a heart trained in greed; children of cursing; 15 forsaking the right way, they went astray, having followed the way of Balaam the son of Beor, who loved the wages of wrong-doing;

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