Exodus 23:7-8
23:7 Keep your distance
from a false charge
– do not kill the innocent and the righteous,
for I will not justify the wicked.
23:8 “You must not accept a bribe, for a bribe blinds those who see and subverts the words of the righteous.
Deuteronomy 16:19
16:19 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.
Isaiah 33:15
33:15 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 –
Micah 7:3
7:3 They are determined to be experts at doing evil;
government officials and judges take bribes,
prominent men make demands,
and they all do what is necessary to satisfy them.
Matthew 26:15
26:15 and said, “What will you give me to betray him into your hands?”
So they set out thirty silver coins for him.
Matthew 27:3-5
Judas’ Suicide
27:3 Now when Judas, who had betrayed him, saw that Jesus had been condemned, he regretted what he had done and returned the thirty silver coins to the chief priests and the elders,
27:4 saying, “I have sinned by betraying innocent blood!” But they said, “What is that to us? You take care of it yourself!”
27:5 So Judas threw the silver coins into the temple and left. Then he went out and hanged himself.