What Does the Bible Say About Bribery?

“And thou shalt take no gift: for the gift blindeth the wise, and perverteth the words of the righteous. the wise: Heb. the seeing”

“Judges and officers shalt thou make thee in all thy gates, which the LORD thy God giveth thee, throughout thy tribes: and they shall judge the people with just judgment.”

“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. words: or, matters”

“Cursed be he that taketh reward to slay an innocent person . And all the people shall say, Amen.”

“And the lords of the Philistines came up unto her, and said unto her, Entice him, and see wherein his great strength lieth, and by what means we may prevail against him, that we may bind him to afflict him: and we will give thee every one of us eleven hundred pieces of silver. afflict: or, humble”

“Afterward I came unto the house of Shemaiah the son of Delaiah the son of Mehetabeel, who was shut up; and he said, Let us meet together in the house of God, within the temple, and let us shut the doors of the temple: for they will come to slay thee; yea, in the night will they come to slay thee.”

“If it please the king, let it be written that they may be destroyed: and I will pay ten thousand talents of silver to the hands of those that have the charge of the business, to bring it into the king's treasuries. that they: Heb. to destroy them pay: Heb. weigh”

“For the congregation of hypocrites shall be desolate, and fire shall consume the tabernacles of bribery.”

“Gather not my soul with sinners, nor my life with bloody men: Gather: or, Take not away bloody: Heb. men of blood”

“In whose hands is mischief, and their right hand is full of bribes. full: Heb. filled with”

“Treasures of wickedness profit nothing: but righteousness delivereth from death.”

“He that is greedy of gain troubleth his own house; but he that hateth gifts shall live.”

“A gift is as a precious stone in the eyes of him that hath it: whithersoever it turneth, it prospereth. a precious: Heb. a stone of grace”

“A wicked man taketh a gift out of the bosom to pervert the ways of judgment.”

“A man's gift maketh room for him, and bringeth him before great men.”

“A gift in secret pacifieth anger: and a reward in the bosom strong wrath.”

“Whoso boasteth himself of a false gift is like clouds and wind without rain. of a: Heb. in a gift of falsehood”

“To have respect of persons is not good: for for a piece of bread that man will transgress.”

“The king by judgment establisheth the land: but he that receiveth gifts overthroweth it. he: Heb. a man of oblations”

“Surely oppression maketh a wise man mad; and a gift destroyeth the heart.”

“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.”

“Woe unto them that are mighty to drink wine, and men of strength to mingle strong drink:”

“Which justify the wicked for reward, and take away the righteousness of the righteous from him!”

“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; righteously: Heb. in righteousnesses uprightly: Heb. uprightnesses oppressions: or, deceits blood: Heb. bloods”

“He shall dwell on high: his place of defence shall be the munitions of rocks: bread shall be given him; his waters shall be sure. high: Heb. heights, or, high places”

“And will ye pollute me among my people for handfuls of barley and for pieces of bread, to slay the souls that should not die, and to save the souls alive that should not live, by your lying to my people that hear your lies?”

“In thee have they taken gifts to shed blood; thou hast taken usury and increase, and thou hast greedily gained of thy neighbours by extortion, and hast forgotten me, saith the Lord GOD.”

“Behold, therefore I have smitten mine hand at thy dishonest gain which thou hast made, and at thy blood which hath been in the midst of thee.”

“Thus saith the LORD; For three transgressions of Israel, and for four, I will not turn away the punishment thereof; because they sold the righteous for silver, and the poor for a pair of shoes;”

“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. a bribe: or, a ransom”

“That they may do evil with both hands earnestly, the prince asketh, and the judge asketh for a reward; and the great man, he uttereth his mischievous desire: so they wrap it up. his: Heb. the mischief of his soul”

“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.”

“Then Judas, which had betrayed him, when he saw that he was condemned, repented himself, and brought again the thirty pieces of silver to the chief priests and elders,”

“And when they were assembled with the elders, and had taken counsel, they gave large money unto the soldiers,”

“And when they heard it, they were glad, and promised to give him money. And he sought how he might conveniently betray him.”

“And they were glad, and covenanted to give him money.”

“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.”