8 “You are not to accept a bribe,* for the bribe blinds clear-sighted men and can distort the words of righteous men.+

19 You must not pervert judgment.+ You must not be partial+ or accept a bribe, for the bribe blinds the eyes of wise ones+ and distorts the words of righteous ones.

25 “‘Cursed is the one who accepts a bribe to strike a soul fatally, when it is innocent blood.’*+ (And all the people must say, ‘Amen!’)

23 Your princes are stubborn and partners with thieves.+ Every one of them is a lover of a bribe+ and a chaser after gifts.+ For a fatherless boy they do not render judgment; and even the legal case of a widow does not get admittance to them.+

12 For I have known how many YOUR revolts+ are and how mighty YOUR sins are,+ O YOU who are showing hostility toward someone righteous,+ YOU who are taking hush money,*+ and the ones who have turned aside poor people+ even in the gate.+