“And you shall take no bribe, for a bribe blinds the discerning and perverts the words of the righteous” (Ex. 23:8)
“You shall not pervert justice; you shall not show partiality, nor take a bribe, for a bribe blinds the eyes of the wise and twists the words of the righteous” (Deut. 16:19)
“Surely oppression destroys a wise man’s reason, and a bribe debases the heart” (Eccl. 7:7)
“A wicked man accepts a bribe behind the back to pervert the ways of justice” (Prov. 17:23)
“The king establishes the land by justice, but he who receives bribes overthrows it” (Prov. 29:4)
“Now it came to pass when Samuel was old that he made his sons judges over Israel. <...> But his sons did not walk in his ways; they turned aside after dishonest gain, took bribes, and perverted justice” (1 Sam. 8:1,3)
“For the company of hypocrites will be barren, and fire will consume the tents of bribery. They conceive trouble and bring forth futility; their womb prepares deceit” (Job. 15:34-35)
“Do not gather my soul with sinners, nor my life with bloodthirsty men, in whose hands is a sinister scheme, and whose right hand is full of bribes” (Ps. 26:9-10)
“By covetousness they will exploit you with deceptive words; for a long time their judgment has not been idle, and their destruction does not slumber. <...> and will receive the wages of unrighteousness, as those who count it pleasure to carouse in the daytime. They are spots and blemishes, carousing in their own deceptions while they feast with you, having eyes full of adultery and that cannot cease from sin, enticing unstable souls. They have a heart trained in covetous practices, and are accursed children. They have forsaken the right way and gone astray, following the way of Balaam the son of Beor, who loved the wages of unrighteousness” (2 Pet. 2:3,13-15)