Bible Verses About Bribery

Here we have collected several Bible verses about Bribery from the Old and New Testaments of the Holy Bible, King James Version (KJV).

1 Samuel 12:3

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"Behold, here I am: witness against me before the LORD, and before his anointed: whose ox have I taken? or whose ass have I taken? or whom have I defrauded? whom have I oppressed? or of whose hand have I…

Esther 3:8-9

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"And Haman said unto king Ahasuerus, There is a certain people scattered abroad and dispersed among the people in all the provinces of thy kingdom; and their laws are diverse from all people; neither keep they the king's laws: therefore…

Daniel 5:16-17

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"And I have heard of thee, that thou canst make interpretations, and dissolve doubts: now if thou canst read the writing, and make known to me the interpretation thereof, thou shalt be clothed with scarlet, and have a chain of…

Isaiah 33:15

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"He that walketh righteously, and speaketh uprightly; he that despiseth the gain of oppressions, that shaketh his hands from holding of bribes, that stoppeth his ears from hearing of blood, and shutteth his eyes from seeing evil;" - Isaiah 33:15…

1 Kings 15:19

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"There is a league between me and thee, and between my father and thy father: behold, I have sent unto thee a present of silver and gold; come and break thy league with Baasha king of Israel, that he may…

Matthew 26:15

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"And said unto them, What will ye give me, and I will deliver him unto you? And they covenanted with him for thirty pieces of silver" - Matthew 26:15 KJV

1 Timothy 6:10

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"For the love of money is the root of all evil: which while some coveted after, they have erred from the faith, and pierced themselves through with many sorrows" - 1 Timothy 6:10 KJV

Proverbs 18:16

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"A man's gift maketh room for him, and bringeth him before great men" - Proverbs 18:16 KJV

Proverbs 21:14

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"A gift in secret pacifieth anger: and a reward in the bosom strong wrath" - Proverbs 21:14 KJV

Ecclesiastes 7:7

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"Surely oppression maketh a wise man mad; and a gift destroyeth the heart" - Ecclesiastes 7:7 KJV

Isaiah 1:23

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"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" - Isaiah 1:23 KJV

Matthew 28:12-13

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"And when they were assembled with the elders, and had taken counsel, they gave large money unto the soldiers, Saying, Say ye, His disciples came by night, and stole him away while we slept" - Matthew 28:12-13 KJV

Amos 5:12

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"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" - Amos 5:12 KJV

Acts 24:26

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"He hoped also that money should have been given him of Paul, that he might loose him: wherefore he sent for him the oftener, and communed with him" - Acts 24:26 KJV

Proverbs 25:14

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"Whoso boasteth himself of a false gift is like clouds and wind without rain" - Proverbs 25:14 KJV

Psalms 26:9-10

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"Gather not my soul with sinners, nor my life with bloody men: In whose hands is mischief, and their right hand is full of bribes" - Psalms 26:9-10 KJV

1 Samuel 8:3

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"And his sons walked not in his ways, but turned aside after lucre, and took bribes, and perverted judgment" - 1 Samuel 8:3 KJV

Exodus 23:8

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"And thou shalt take no gift: for the gift blindeth the wise, and perverteth the words of the righteous" - Exodus 23:8 KJV

1 Timothy 3:3

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"Not given to wine, no striker, not greedy of filthy lucre; but patient, not a brawler, not covetous;" - 1 Timothy 3:3 KJV

Judges 16:4

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"And it came to pass afterward, that he loved a woman in the valley of Sorek, whose name was Delilah" - Judges 16:4 KJV

Proverbs 28:21

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"To have respect of persons is not good: for for a piece of bread that man will transgress" - Proverbs 28:21 KJV

Proverbs 29:4

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"The king by judgment establisheth the land: but he that receiveth gifts overthroweth it" - Proverbs 29:4 KJV

Proverbs 17:23

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"A wicked man taketh a gift out of the bosom to pervert the ways of judgment" - Proverbs 17:23 KJV