8 Bible Verses about Avoiding Bribes
Most Relevant Verses
And you will not take a bribe, because the bribe makes [the] sighted blind and ruins [the] words of [the] righteous.
You shall not subvert justice; you shall not {show partiality}; and you shall not take a bribe, for the bribe makes blind [the] eyes of [the] wise and misrepresents [the] words of [the] righteous.
He who makes trouble for his house [is] he who is greedy for unjust gain, but he who hates bribes will live.
He does not lend his money at interest, and does not take a bribe against [the] innocent. He who does these [things] will never be shaken.
Here I am! Testify against me before Yahweh and before his anointed one! Whose ox have I taken? Or whose donkey have I taken? Or whom have I exploited? Whom have I oppressed? Or from whose hand have I taken a bribe, that I may shut my eyes {regarding} him?-then I will restore it to you."
He who walks [in] righteousness and speaks uprightness, who rejects [the] gain of extortion, who {refuses} bribe, who stops up his ears from hearing {bloodshed} and shuts his eyes from seeing evil.
For Yahweh your God, he [is] God of the gods and Lord of the lords, the great and mighty God, the awesome [one] who {is not partial}, and he does not take bribes.
