Exodus 23:8
And thou shalt take no gift: for the gift blindeth the wise, and perverteth the words of the righteous.
Context
This verse from Exodus Chapter 23 connects to 10 cross-references. Laws address honest testimony, care for enemies' straying animals, impartial justice, Sabbath rest for land and people, and the three annual pilgrimage festivals. God promises to send an angel before Israel into Canaan, to drive out its inhabitants gradually, and …
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And thou shalt take no bribe: for a bribe blindeth them that have sight, and perverteth the words of the righteous.
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Take no rewards in a cause: for rewards make blind those who have eyes to see, and make the decisions of the upright false.
Références croisées
For the Lord your God is God of gods, and Lord of lords, a great God, a mighty, and a …
Thou shalt not wrest judgment; thou shalt not respect persons, neither take a gift: for a gift doth blind the …
And his sons walked not in his ways, but turned aside after lucre, and took bribes, and perverted judgment.
Behold, here I am: witness against me before the Lord, and before his anointed: whose ox have I taken? or …
In whose hands is mischief, and their right hand is full of bribes.
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 wicked man taketh a gift out of the bosom to pervert the ways of judgment.
Wealth maketh many friends; but the poor is separated from his neighbour.
Surely oppression maketh a wise man mad; and a gift destroyeth the heart.