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Exodus 23:8

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

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Exodus 23:8 in other translations

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

Exodus 23:8 · American Standard Version

Exodus 23:8 in context

  1. 6“You shall not deny justice to your poor people in their lawsuits.
  2. 7“Keep far from a false charge, and don’t kill the innocent and righteous; for I will not justify the wicked.
  3. 8“You shall take no bribe, for a bribe blinds those who have sight and perverts the words of the righteous.
  4. 9“You shall not oppress an alien, for you know the heart of an alien, since you were aliens in the land of Egypt.
  5. 10“For six years you shall sow your land, and shall gather in its increase,