Bible Verses about “bribes”
The Bible contains 11 verses about bribes across both Old and New Testaments. These scriptures offer guidance and inspiration for your spiritual journey.
“[Let your] conversation [be] without covetousness; [and be] content with such things as ye have: for he hath said, I will never leave thee, nor forsake thee.”
“For where envying and strife [is], there [is] confusion and every evil work.”
“Thy princes [are] rebellious, and companions of thieves: every one loveth gifts, and followeth after rewards: they judge not the fatherless, neither doth the cause of the widow come unto them.”
“So that we may boldly say, The Lord [is] my helper, and I will not fear what man shall do unto me.”
“¶ He that is greedy of gain troubleth his own house; but he that hateth gifts shall live.”
“¶ A wicked [man] taketh a gift out of the bosom to pervert the ways of judgment.”
“And thou shalt take no gift: for the gift blindeth the wise, and perverteth the words of the righteous.”
“¶ A gift in secret pacifieth anger: and a reward in the bosom strong wrath.”
“For I know your manifold transgressions and your mighty sins: they afflict the just, they take a bribe, and they turn aside the poor in the gate [from their right].”
“Thou shalt not wrest judgment; thou shalt not respect persons, neither take a gift: for a gift doth blind the eyes of the wise, and pervert the words of the righteous.”
“¶ Surely oppression maketh a wise man mad; and a gift destroyeth the heart.”