Exodus 23:8

Christian Standard Bible

⁸You must not take a bribe,^(A) for a bribe blinds the clear-sighted and corrupts the words^[a] of the righteous.

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23:8 Or and subverts the cause

Isaiah 1:23

Christian Standard Bible

²³Your rulers are rebels,
friends of thieves.^(A)
They all love graft
and chase after bribes.^(B)
They do not defend the rights of the fatherless,
and the widow’s case never comes before them.^(C)

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Isaiah 1:23 in all English translations

Amos 5:12

Christian Standard Bible

¹²For I know your crimes are many
and your sins innumerable.
They oppress the righteous,^(A) take a bribe,
and deprive the poor of justice^(B) at the city gates.

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Amos 5:12 in all English translations

Christian Standard Bible (CSB)

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