Nave’s Topical Bible
Bribery
32 Bible references
Sub-topics and passages
- General scriptures concerning
Exodus 23:8; Deuteronomy 16:18-19; Deuteronomy 27:25; 1 Samuel 8:1,3; Job 15:34; Psalms 26:9-10; Proverbs 15:27; Proverbs 17:8,23; Proverbs 18:16; Proverbs 21:14; Proverbs 25:14; Proverbs 28:21; Proverbs 29:4; Ecclesiastes 7:7; Isaiah 1:23; Isaiah 5:22-23; Isaiah 33:15-16; Ezekiel 13:19; Ezekiel 22:12-13; Amos 2:6; Amos 5:12; Micah 7:3
- INSTANCES OF
- Delilah
Samuel's sons
- The false prophet, Shemaiah
- Ben-hadad
- Haman bribes Ahasuerus to destroy the Jews
- Chief priests bribe Judas
- Soldiers bribed to declare that the disciples stole the body Of Jesus
- Governor Felix seeks a bribe from Paul
Bible verses about “Bribery”
The first verses cited, in the King James Version.
- Exodus 23:8And thou shalt take no gift: for the gift blindeth the wise, and perverteth the words of the righteous.
- Deuteronomy 16:18Judges and officers shalt thou make thee in all thy gates, which the Lord thy God giveth thee, throughout thy tribes: and they shall judge the people with just judgment.
- Deuteronomy 16:19Thou 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.
- Deuteronomy 27:25Cursed be he that taketh reward to slay an innocent person. And all the people shall say, Amen.
- 1 Samuel 8:1And it came to pass, when Samuel was old, that he made his sons judges over Israel.
- 1 Samuel 8:3And his sons walked not in his ways, but turned aside after lucre, and took bribes, and perverted judgment.
- Job 15:34For the congregation of hypocrites shall be desolate, and fire shall consume the tabernacles of bribery.
- Psalms 26:9Gather not my soul with sinners, nor my life with bloody men:
- Psalms 26:10In whose hands is mischief, and their right hand is full of bribes.
- Proverbs 15:27He that is greedy of gain troubleth his own house; but he that hateth gifts shall live.
- Proverbs 17:8A gift is as a precious stone in the eyes of him that hath it: whithersoever it turneth, it prospereth.
- Proverbs 17:23A wicked man taketh a gift out of the bosom to pervert the ways of judgment.
- Proverbs 18:16A man’s gift maketh room for him, and bringeth him before great men.
- Proverbs 21:14A gift in secret pacifieth anger: and a reward in the bosom strong wrath.
- Proverbs 25:14Whoso boasteth himself of a false gift is like clouds and wind without rain.
- Proverbs 28:21To have respect of persons is not good: for for a piece of bread that man will transgress.
- Proverbs 29:4The king by judgment establisheth the land: but he that receiveth gifts overthroweth it.
- Ecclesiastes 7:7Surely oppression maketh a wise man mad; and a gift destroyeth the heart.
- Isaiah 1:23Thy 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.
- Isaiah 5:22Woe unto them that are mighty to drink wine, and men of strength to mingle strong drink:
- Isaiah 5:23Which justify the wicked for reward, and take away the righteousness of the righteous from him!
- Isaiah 33:15He 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;
- Isaiah 33:16He shall dwell on high: his place of defence shall be the munitions of rocks: bread shall be given him; his waters shall be sure.
- Ezekiel 13:19And will ye pollute me among my people for handfuls of barley and for pieces of bread, to slay the souls that should not die, and to save the souls alive that should not live, by your lying to my people that hear your lies?
- Ezekiel 22:12In 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.
- Ezekiel 22:13Behold, therefore I have smitten mine hand at thy dishonest gain which thou hast made, and at thy blood which hath been in the midst of thee.
- Amos 2:6Thus saith the Lord; For three transgressions of Israel, and for four, I will not turn away the punishment thereof; because they sold the righteous for silver, and the poor for a pair of shoes;
- Amos 5:12For 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.
- Micah 7:3That 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.
- Judges 16:5And the lords of the Philistines came up unto her, and said unto her, Entice him, and see wherein his great strength lieth, and by what means we may prevail against him, that we may bind him to afflict him: and we will give thee every one of us eleven hundred pieces of silver.
- Nehemiah 6:10Afterward I came unto the house of Shemaiah the son of Delaiah the son of Mehetabeel, who was shut up; and he said, Let us meet together in the house of God, within the temple, and let us shut the doors of the temple: for they will come to slay thee; yea, in the night will they come to slay thee.
- Nehemiah 6:11And I said, Should such a man as I flee? and who is there, that, being as I am, would go into the temple to save his life? I will not go in.
- Nehemiah 6:12And, lo, I perceived that God had not sent him; but that he pronounced this prophecy against me: for Tobiah and Sanballat had hired him.
- Nehemiah 6:13Therefore was he hired, that I should be afraid, and do so, and sin, and that they might have matter for an evil report, that they might reproach me.
- 1 Kings 15:19There is a league between me and thee, and between my father and thy father: behold, I have sent unto thee a present of silver and gold; come and break thy league with Baasha king of Israel, that he may depart from me.
- Esther 3:9If it please the king, let it be written that they may be destroyed: and I will pay ten thousand talents of silver to the hands of those that have the charge of the business, to bring it into the king’s treasuries.
- Matthew 26:15And said unto them, What will ye give me, and I will deliver him unto you? And they covenanted with him for thirty pieces of silver.
- Matthew 27:3Then Judas, which had betrayed him, when he saw that he was condemned, repented himself, and brought again the thirty pieces of silver to the chief priests and elders,
- Matthew 27:4Saying, I have sinned in that I have betrayed the innocent blood. And they said, What is that to us? see thou to that.
- Matthew 27:5And he cast down the pieces of silver in the temple, and departed, and went and hanged himself.