Verse 8

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

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.