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shall take no bribe, for a bribe blinds those who have sight and perverts the words of the righteous.
Context / meaning
Exodus 23 [6.] “You shall not deny justice to your poor people in their lawsuits.
Exodus 23 [7.] “Keep far from a false charge, and don’t kill the innocent and righteous: for I will not justify the wicked.
Exodus 23 [8.] “You shall take no bribe, for a bribe blinds those who have sight and perverts the words of the righteous.
Exodus 23 [9.] “You shall not oppress an alien, for you know the heart of an alien, since you were aliens in the land of Egypt.
Exodus 23 [10.] “For six years you shall sow your land, and shall gather in its increase, but the seventh year you shall let it rest and lie fallow, that the poor of your people may eat; and what they leave the animal of the field shall eat. In the same way, you shall deal with your vineyard and with your olive grove.
villainy
PIB Scriptures are derived from the World English Bible
Exodus 23:8
Context / meaning
Exodus 23 [6.] “You shall not deny justice to your poor people in their lawsuits.
Exodus 23 [7.] “Keep far from a false charge, and don’t kill the innocent and righteous: for I will not justify the wicked.
Exodus 23 [8.] “You shall take no bribe, for a bribe blinds those who have sight and perverts the words of the righteous.
Exodus 23 [9.] “You shall not oppress an alien, for you know the heart of an alien, since you were aliens in the land of Egypt.
Exodus 23 [10.] “For six years you shall sow your land, and shall gather in its increase, but the seventh year you shall let it rest and lie fallow, that the poor of your people may eat; and what they leave the animal of the field shall eat. In the same way, you shall deal with your vineyard and with your olive grove.
villainy