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Exodus 23:8

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And thou shalt take no bribe: for a bribe blindeth them that have sight, and perverteth the words of the righteous.

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Exodus 23:8 in other translations

“You shall take no bribe, for a bribe blinds those who have sight and perverts the words of the righteous.

Exodus 23:8 · World English Bible

Exodus 23:8 in context

  1. 6Thou shalt not wrest the justice due to thy poor in his cause.
  2. 7Keep thee far from a false matter; and the innocent and righteous slay thou not: for I will not justify the wicked.
  3. 8And thou shalt take no bribe: for a bribe blindeth them that have sight, and perverteth the words of the righteous.
  4. 9And a sojourner shalt thou not oppress: for ye know the heart of a sojourner, seeing ye were sojourners in the land of Egypt.
  5. 10And six years thou shalt sow thy land, and shalt gather in the increase thereof: