Verse 10

who are always ready to do wrong or offer a bribe.

Referenced Verses

  • Exod 23:8 : 8 “You must not accept a bribe, for a bribe blinds those who see and subverts the words of the righteous.
  • Deut 16:19 : 19 You must not pervert justice or show favor. Do not take a bribe, for bribes blind the eyes of the wise and distort the words of the righteous.
  • 1 Sam 8:3 : 3 But his sons did not follow his ways. Instead, they made money dishonestly, accepted bribes, and perverted justice.
  • Ps 10:14 : 14 You have taken notice, for you always see one who inflicts pain and suffering. The unfortunate victim entrusts his cause to you; you deliver the fatherless.
  • Ps 11:2 : 2 For look, the wicked prepare their bows, they put their arrows on the strings, to shoot in the darkness at the morally upright.
  • Ps 36:4 : 4 He plans ways to sin while he lies in bed; he is committed to a sinful lifestyle; he does not reject what is evil.
  • Ps 52:2 : 2 Your tongue carries out your destructive plans; it is as effective as a sharp razor, O deceiver.
  • Ps 55:9-9 : 9 Confuse them, O Lord! Frustrate their plans! For I see violence and conflict in the city. 10 Day and night they walk around on its walls, while wickedness and destruction are within it. 11 Disaster is within it; violence and deceit do not depart from its public square.
  • Prov 1:16 : 16 for they are eager to inflict harm, and they hasten to shed blood.
  • Prov 4:16 : 16 For they cannot sleep unless they cause harm; they are robbed of sleep until they make someone stumble.
  • Isa 33:15 : 15 The one who lives uprightly and speaks honestly; the one who refuses to profit from oppressive measures and rejects a bribe; the one who does not plot violent crimes and does not seek to harm others–
  • Ezek 22:12-13 : 12 They take bribes within you to shed blood. You engage in usury and charge interest; you extort money from your neighbors. You have forgotten me, declares the Sovereign LORD. 13 “‘See, I strike my hands together at the dishonest profit you have made, and at the bloodshed they have done among you.
  • Amos 5:12 : 12 Certainly I am aware of your many rebellious acts and your numerous sins. You torment the innocent, you take bribes, and you deny justice to the needy at the city gate.
  • Mic 2:1-3 : 1 Land Robbers Will Lose Their Land Beware wicked schemers, those who devise calamity as they lie in bed. As soon as morning dawns they carry out their plans, because they have the power to do so. 2 They confiscate the fields they desire, and seize the houses they want. They defraud people of their homes, and deprive people of the land they have inherited. 3 Therefore the LORD says this:“Look, I am devising disaster for this nation! It will be like a yoke from which you cannot free your neck. You will no longer walk proudly, for it will be a time of catastrophe.
  • Mic 7:3 : 3 They are experts at doing evil; government officials and judges take bribes, prominent men announce what they wish and then they plan it out.
  • Matt 26:3-4 : 3 Then the chief priests and the elders of the people met together in the palace of the high priest, who was named Caiaphas. 4 They planned to arrest Jesus by stealth and kill him.
  • Acts 23:12 : 12 The Plot to Kill Paul When morning came, the Jews formed a conspiracy and bound themselves with an oath not to eat or drink anything until they had killed Paul.