Top 25 Bible Verses About Bribes (KJV)

8 And thou shalt take no gift: for the gift blindeth the wise, and perverteth the words of the righteous.

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

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

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

12 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.

19 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.

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

5 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. 6 So that we may boldly say, The Lord is my helper, and I will not fear what man shall do unto me.

23 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.

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

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

3 And his sons walked not in his ways, but turned aside after lucre, and took bribes, and perverted judgment.

16 For where envying and strife is, there is confusion and every evil work.

17 For the LORD your God is God of gods, and Lord of lords, a great God, a mighty, and a terrible, which regardeth not persons, nor taketh reward:

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

4 The king by judgment establisheth the land: but he that receiveth gifts overthroweth it.

10 In whose hands is mischief, and their right hand is full of bribes.

5 He that putteth not out his money to usury, nor taketh reward against the innocent. He that doeth these things shall never be moved.

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

3 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.

12 And when they were assembled with the elders, and had taken counsel, they gave large money unto the soldiers, 13 Saying, Say ye, His disciples came by night, and stole him away while we slept. 14 And if this come to the governor’s ears, we will persuade him, and secure you. 15 So they took the money, and did as they were taught: and this saying is commonly reported among the Jews until this day.

11 The heads thereof judge for reward, and the priests thereof teach for hire, and the prophets thereof divine for money: yet will they lean upon the LORD, and say, Is not the LORD among us? none evil can come upon us.

26 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.

15 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;

12 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.