Exodus 23:8
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.
Deuteronomy 16:1
The Passover-Unleavened Bread Festival
16:1 Observe the month Abib and keep the Passover to the Lord your God, for in that month he brought you out of Egypt by night.
Deuteronomy 8:3
8:3 So he humbled you by making you hungry and then feeding you with unfamiliar manna.
He did this to teach you
that humankind
cannot live by bread
alone, but also by everything that comes from the
Lord’s mouth.
Deuteronomy 12:3-4
12:3 You must tear down their altars, shatter their sacred pillars,
burn up their sacred Asherah poles,
and cut down the images of their gods; you must eliminate their very memory from that place.
12:4 You must not worship the
Lord your God the way they worship.
Proverbs 30:15-16
30:15 The leech has two daughters:
“Give! Give!”
There are three things that are never satisfied,
four that never say, “Enough” –
30:16 the grave, the barren womb,
land that is not satisfied with water,
and fire that never says, “Enough!”
Amos 5:12
5:12 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.
Micah 3:11
3:11 Her leaders take bribes when they decide legal cases,
her priests proclaim rulings for profit,
and her prophets read omens for pay.
Yet they claim to trust the Lord and say,
“The Lord is among us.
Disaster will not overtake us!”
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.