7 Bible Verses about Bribery, Results Of

in whose hands are evil schemes
and whose right hands are filled with bribes.

You must not take a bribe, for a bribe blinds the clear-sighted and corrupts the words of the righteous.

Your rulers are rebels,
friends of thieves.
They all love graft
and chase after bribes.
They do not defend the rights of the fatherless,
and the widow’s case never comes before them.

For I know your crimes are many
and your sins innumerable.
They oppress the righteous, take a bribe,
and deprive the poor of justice at the gates.

The Lord says:

I will not relent from punishing Israel
for three crimes, even four,
because they sell a righteous person for silver
and a needy person for a pair of sandals.

A wicked man secretly takes a bribe
to subvert the course of justice.

By justice a king brings stability to a land,
but a man who demands “contributions”
demolishes it.