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Isaiah 10:2
So as to deprive the needy of justice And rob the poor among My people of their rights, So that widows may be their spoil And that they may plunder the orphans.
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James 5:6
You have condemned and put to death the righteous person; he offers you no resistance.
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Proverbs 17:15
One who justifies the wicked and one who condemns the righteous, Both of them alike are an abomination to the Lord.
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Psalms 94:21
They band themselves together against the life of the righteous And condemn the innocent to death.
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Micah 7:3
As for evil, both hands do it well. The leader asks for a bribe, also the judge, And the great one speaks the capricious desire of his soul; So they plot it together.
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Micah 3:11
Her leaders pronounce judgment for a bribe, Her priests teach for pay, And her prophets divine for money. Yet they lean on the Lord, saying,“ Is the Lord not in our midst? Catastrophe will not come upon us.”
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Proverbs 31:4-5
It is not for kings, Lemuel, It is not for kings to drink wine, Or for rulers to desire intoxicating drink,Otherwise they will drink and forget what is decreed, And pervert the rights of all the needy.
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Isaiah 1:23
Your rulers are rebels And companions of thieves; Everyone loves a bribe And chases after gifts. They do not obtain justice for the orphan, Nor does the widow’s case come before them.
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Deuteronomy 16:19
You shall not distort justice, you shall not show partiality; and you shall not accept a bribe, because a bribe blinds the eyes of the wise and distorts the words of the righteous.
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Proverbs 24:24
One who says to the wicked,“ You are righteous,” Peoples will curse him, nations will scold him;
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2 Chronicles 19 7
Now then, let the fear of the Lord be upon you; be careful about what you do, for the Lord our God will have no part in injustice or partiality, or in the taking of a bribe.”
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Proverbs 17:23
A wicked person accepts a bribe from an inside pocket To pervert the ways of justice.
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Matthew 27:24-25
Now when Pilate saw that he was accomplishing nothing, but rather that a riot was starting, he took water and washed his hands in front of the crowd, saying,“ I am innocent of this Man’s blood; you yourselves shall see.”And all the people replied,“ His blood shall be on us and on our children!”
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1 Kings 21 13
Then the two worthless men came in and sat opposite him; and the worthless men testified against him, against Naboth, before the people, saying,“ Naboth cursed God and the king.” So they took him outside the city and stoned him to death with stones.
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Matthew 23:35
so that upon you will fall the guilt of all the righteous blood shed on earth, from the blood of righteous Abel to the blood of Zechariah, the son of Berechiah, whom you murdered between the temple and the altar.
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Exodus 23:6-9
“ You shall not pervert the justice due to your needy brother in his dispute.Keep far from a false charge, and do not kill the innocent or the righteous, for I will not acquit the guilty.“ You shall not take a bribe, for a bribe blinds the clear sighted and subverts the cause of the just.“ You shall not oppress a stranger, since you yourselves know the feelings of a stranger, for you also were strangers in the land of Egypt.
