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Isaiah 10:2
to keep the poor from getting fair treatment, and to deprive the oppressed among my people of justice, so they can steal what widows own, and loot what belongs to orphans.
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James 5:6
You have condemned and murdered the righteous person, although he does not resist you.
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Proverbs 17:15
The one who acquits the guilty and the one who condemns the innocent– both of them are an abomination to the LORD.
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Psalms 94:21
They conspire against the blameless, and condemn to death the innocent.
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Micah 7:3
They are determined to be experts at doing evil; government officials and judges take bribes, prominent men make demands, and they all do what is necessary to satisfy them.
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Micah 3:11
Her leaders take bribes when they decide legal cases, her priests proclaim rulings for profit, and her prophets read omens for pay. Yet they claim to trust the LORD and say,“ The LORD is among us. Disaster will not overtake us!”
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Proverbs 31:4-5
It is not for kings, O Lemuel, it is not for kings to drink wine, or for rulers to crave strong drink,lest they drink and forget what is decreed, and remove from all the poor their legal rights.
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Isaiah 1:23
Your officials are rebels, they associate with thieves. All of them love bribery, and look for payoffs. They do not take up the cause of the orphan, or defend the rights of the widow.
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Deuteronomy 16:19
You must not pervert justice or show favor. Do not take a bribe, for bribes blind the eyes of the wise and distort the words of the righteous.
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Proverbs 24:24
The one who says to the guilty,“ You are innocent,” peoples will curse him, and nations will denounce him.
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2 Chronicles 19 7
Respect the LORD and make careful decisions, for the LORD our God disapproves of injustice, partiality, and bribery.”
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Proverbs 17:23
A wicked person receives a bribe secretly to pervert the ways of justice.
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Matthew 27:24-25
When Pilate saw that he could do nothing, but that instead a riot was starting, he took some water, washed his hands before the crowd and said,“ I am innocent of this man’s blood. You take care of it yourselves!”In reply all the people said,“ Let his blood be on us and on our children!”
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1 Kings 21 13
The two villains arrived and sat opposite him. Then the villains testified against Naboth right before the people, saying,“ Naboth cursed God and the king.” So they dragged him outside the city and stoned him to death.
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Matthew 23:35
so that on you will come all the righteous blood shed on earth, from the blood of righteous Abel to the blood of Zechariah son of Barachiah, whom you murdered between the temple and the altar.
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Exodus 23:6-9
“ You must not turn away justice for your poor people in their lawsuits.Keep your distance from a false charge– do not kill the innocent and the righteous, for I will not justify the wicked.“ You must not accept a bribe, for a bribe blinds those who see and subverts the words of the righteous.“ You must not oppress a foreigner, since you know the life of a foreigner, for you were foreigners in the land of Egypt.
