Micah 7:3 -
Both hands are skilled in doing evil; the ruler demands gifts, the judge accepts bribes, the po...
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Proverbs 17:8 -
A bribe is a charm to the one who gives it; wherever he turns, he succeeds.
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1 Timothy 6:10 -
For the love of money is a root of all kinds of evil. Some people, eager for money, have wander...
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Malachi 3:5 -
“So I will come to put you on trial. I will be quick to testify against sorcerers, adulterers a...
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Amos 5:12 -
For I know how many are your offenses and how great your sins. You oppress the righteous and ta...
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Deuteronomy 25:1 -
When men have a dispute, they are to take it to court and the judges will decide the case, acqu...
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Zephaniah 3:3 -
Her officials are roaring lions, her rulers are evening wolves, who leave nothing for the morning.
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Ezekiel 22:27 -
Her officials within her are like wolves tearing their prey; they shed blood and kill people to...
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Isaiah 1:5 -
Why should you be beaten anymore? Why do you persist in rebellion? Your whole head is injured, ...
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Micah 3:11 -
Her leaders judge for a bribe, her priests teach for a price, and her prophets tell fortunes fo...
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Ezekiel 22:12 -
In you men accept bribes to shed blood; you take usury and excessive interest and make unjust g...
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Isaiah 33:15 -
He who walks righteously and speaks what is right, who rejects gain from extortion and keeps hi...
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1 Corinthians 6:10 -
nor thieves nor the greedy nor drunkards nor slanderers nor swindlers will inherit the kingdom ...
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Matthew 21:13 -
“It is written,” he said to them, “‘My house will be called a house of prayer,’ but you are mak...
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Jeremiah 22:17 -
“But your eyes and your heart are set only on dishonest gain, on shedding innocent blood and on...
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Deuteronomy 16:19 -
Do not pervert justice or show partiality. Do not accept a bribe, for a bribe blinds the eyes o...
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Jeremiah 22:3 -
This is what the Lord says: Do what is just and right. Rescue from the hand of his oppressor th...
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Zechariah 7:10 -
Do not oppress the widow or the fatherless, the alien or the poor. In your hearts do not think ...
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Exodus 22:22 -
“Do not take advantage of a widow or an orphan.
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Deuteronomy 24:17 -
Do not deprive the alien or the fatherless of justice, or take the cloak of the widow as a pledge.
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James 1:27 -
Religion that God our Father accepts as pure and faultless is this: to look after orphans and w...
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Isaiah 10:2 -
to deprive the poor of their rights and withhold justice from the oppressed of my people, makin...
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Isaiah 1:17 -
learn to do right! Seek justice, encourage the oppressed. Defend the cause of the fatherless, p...
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Isaiah 10:1-2 -
Woe to those who make unjust laws, to those who issue oppressive decrees,
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Jeremiah 5:28 -
and have grown fat and sleek. Their evil deeds have no limit; they do not plead the case of the...
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Exodus 23:8 -
“Do not accept a bribe, for a bribe blinds those who see and twists the words of the righteous.
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Proverbs 17:23 -
A wicked man accepts a bribe in secret to pervert the course of justice.
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Ecclesiastes 7:7 -
Extortion turns a wise man into a fool, and a bribe corrupts the heart.
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Hosea 4:18 -
Even when their drinks are gone, they continue their prostitution; their rulers dearly love sha...
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Isaiah 5:23 -
who acquit the guilty for a bribe, but deny justice to the innocent.
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Proverbs 29:24 -
The accomplice of a thief is his own enemy; he is put under oath and dare not testify.
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2 Chronicles 36:14 -
Furthermore, all the leaders of the priests and the people became more and more unfaithful, fol...
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Psalms 68:5 -
A father to the fatherless, a defender of widows, is God in his holy dwelling.
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Isaiah 1:4 -
Ah, sinful nation, a people loaded with guilt, a brood of evildoers, children given to corrupti...
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Jeremiah 5:28-29 -
and have grown fat and sleek. Their evil deeds have no limit; they do not plead the case of the...
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Micah 3:9 -
Hear this, you leaders of the house of Jacob, you rulers of the house of Israel, who despise ju...
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Job 22:9 -
And you sent widows away empty-handed and broke the strength of the fatherless.
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Isaiah 32:7 -
The scoundrel’s methods are wicked, he makes up evil schemes to destroy the poor with lies, eve...
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Proverbs 31:9 -
Speak up and judge fairly; defend the rights of the poor and needy.”
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Jeremiah 5:5 -
So I will go to the leaders and speak to them; surely they know the way of the Lord, the requir...
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Ezekiel 22:6 -
“‘See how each of the princes of Israel who are in you uses his power to shed blood.
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Daniel 9:5-6 -
we have sinned and done wrong. We have been wicked and have rebelled; we have turned away from ...
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Psalms 82:3 -
Defend the cause of the weak and fatherless; maintain the rights of the poor and oppressed.
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Isaiah 3:14 -
The Lord enters into judgment against the elders and leaders of his people: “It is you who have...
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Hosea 9:15 -
“Because of all their wickedness in Gilgal, I hated them there. Because of their sinful deeds, ...
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Micah 6:12 -
Her rich men are violent; her people are liars and their tongues speak deceitfully.
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Isaiah 65:2 -
All day long I have held out my hands to an obstinate people, who walk in ways not good, pursui...
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Micah 3:1-3 -
Leaders and Prophets Rebuked Then I said, “Listen, you leaders of Jacob, you rulers of the hous...
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Mark 11:17 -
And as he taught them, he said, “Is it not written: “‘My house will be called a house of prayer...
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Amos 5:7 -
You who turn justice into bitterness and cast righteousness to the ground
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Hosea 7:3-5 -
“They delight the king with their wickedness, the princes with their lies.
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2 Chronicles 24:17-21 -
The Wickedness of Joash After the death of Jehoiada, the officials of Judah came and paid homag...
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Luke 18:2-5 -
He said: “In a certain town there was a judge who neither feared God nor cared about men.
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Luke 19:46 -
“It is written,” he said to them, “‘My house will be a house of prayer’; but you have made it ‘...
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Ezekiel 22:6-12 -
“‘See how each of the princes of Israel who are in you uses his power to shed blood.
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Acts 4:5-11 -
The next day the rulers, elders and teachers of the law met in Jerusalem.
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Ezekiel 12:2 -
“Son of man, you are living among a rebellious people. They have eyes to see but do not see and...
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Jeremiah 32:32 -
The people of Israel and Judah have provoked me by all the evil they have done—they, their king...
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Ezekiel 11:1 -
Judgment on Israel’s Leaders Then the Spirit lifted me up and brought me to the gate of the hou...
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Zechariah 12:5 -
Then the leaders of Judah will say in their hearts, ‘The people of Jerusalem are strong, becaus...
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Acts 24:26 -
At the same time he was hoping that Paul would offer him a bribe, so he sent for him frequently...
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