A bribe is like a precious stone in the eyes of him who has it; wherever he turns, he prospers.

A man's gift makes room for him, and brings him before great men.

A gift in secret pacifies anger; and a bribe in the bosom, strong wrath.

And you shall not take a bribe, for a bribe blinds the clear-sighted and perverts the words of the righteous.

You shall not pervert justice; you shall not show partiality, nor take a bribe, for a bribe blinds the eyes of the wise and perverts the words of the righteous.

But his sons did not walk in his ways; they turned aside after dishonest gain, took bribes, and perverted justice.

Look at me. Witness against me before Jehovah and before His anointed: Whose ox have I taken, or whose donkey have I taken, or whom have I cheated? Whom have I oppressed, or from whose hand have I received any bribe with which to blind my eyes? I will restore it to you.

Your rulers are rebellious and companions of thieves. Everyone loves a bribe, and pursues rewards. They do not judge for the orphan, nor does the cause of the widow come before them.

In you they take bribes to shed blood; you take usury and increase; you have made profit from your neighbors by extortion, and have forgotten Me, declares the Lord Jehovah.

Both hands are on evil, to do it well. Both the ruler and the judge ask for a bribe. And the great one speaks the lust of his soul; and they weave it together.

Then Judas Iscariot, one of the twelve, went to the chief priests to deliver Him to them.

And when they heard it, they were glad, and promised to give him money. So he sought how he might conveniently betray Him.