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The act of bribing involves offering money, gifts, or other forms of inducement to influence the actions or decisions of someone in a position of authority or responsibility. The Bible addresses the issue of bribery in various passages, highlighting its moral and ethical implications.<br><br><b>Old Testament References</b><br><br>The Old Testament contains numerous admonitions against bribery, emphasizing its destructive impact on justice and fairness. In <a href="/exodus/23-8.htm">Exodus 23:8</a>, the Israelites are commanded, "Do not accept a bribe, for a bribe blinds those who see and twists the words of the righteous." This verse underscores the corrupting influence of bribes, which can distort judgment and lead to injustice.<br><br><a href="/deuteronomy/16-19.htm">Deuteronomy 16:19</a> further reinforces this principle: "Do not pervert justice or show partiality. Do not accept a bribe, for a bribe blinds the eyes of the wise and twists the words of the righteous." Here, the emphasis is on maintaining impartiality and integrity in judicial proceedings, warning that bribery compromises the ability to discern truth and administer justice.<br><br>The prophet Samuel, in his farewell address to the Israelites, highlights his own integrity by declaring that he has not accepted bribes: "Here I am; testify against me before the LORD and His anointed. Whose ox have I taken, or whose donkey have I taken? Whom have I defrauded or oppressed? From whose hand have I accepted a bribe to overlook something? If I have done any of these things, I will make it right" (<a href="/1_samuel/12-3.htm">1 Samuel 12:3</a>). Samuel's statement serves as a model of righteous leadership, free from the taint of corruption.<br><br><b>Wisdom Literature</b><br><br>The wisdom literature of the Bible also addresses the issue of bribery. <a href="/proverbs/17-23.htm">Proverbs 17:23</a> states, "A wicked man takes a covert bribe to subvert the course of justice." This proverb highlights the clandestine nature of bribery and its role in perverting justice. Similarly, <a href="/proverbs/15-27.htm">Proverbs 15:27</a> warns, "He who is greedy for unjust gain brings trouble to his household, but he who hates bribes will live." This verse contrasts the destructive consequences of greed and bribery with the blessings of integrity.<br><br><b>Prophetic Warnings</b><br><br>The prophets of Israel frequently condemned the practice of bribery as part of their broader critique of social injustice. <a href="/isaiah/1-23.htm">Isaiah 1:23</a> laments the corruption of Jerusalem's leaders: "Your rulers are rebels, friends of thieves. They all love bribes and chase after gifts. They do not defend the fatherless, and the plea of the widow never comes before them." This indictment highlights the failure of leaders to uphold justice and protect the vulnerable due to their greed and corruption.<br><br><a href="/micah/3-11.htm">Micah 3:11</a> similarly denounces the leaders of Israel: "Her leaders judge for a bribe, her priests teach for a price, and her prophets practice divination for money. Yet they lean upon the LORD, saying, 'Is not the LORD among us? No disaster will come upon us.'" The prophet exposes the hypocrisy of those who claim to serve God while engaging in corrupt practices.<br><br><b>New Testament Perspective</b><br><br>While the New Testament does not address bribery as extensively as the Old Testament, it upholds the principles of justice and integrity. In the account of Jesus' trial, the chief priests and elders are depicted as seeking false testimony against Jesus, an act that can be seen as a form of bribery to achieve their unjust ends (<a href="/matthew/26-59.htm">Matthew 26:59</a>).<br><br>The apostle Paul, in his letters, emphasizes the importance of honesty and integrity in the life of a believer. In <a href="/2_corinthians/8-21.htm">2 Corinthians 8:21</a>, he writes, "We are taking great care to do what is right, not only in the eyes of the Lord but also in the eyes of men." This commitment to righteousness and transparency stands in stark contrast to the corrupting influence of bribery.<br><br><b>Conclusion</b><br><br>Throughout the Bible, bribery is consistently condemned as a practice that undermines justice, distorts truth, and corrupts individuals and societies. The biblical call is for integrity, impartiality, and righteousness, reflecting the character of God and His desire for justice and fairness in human affairs.<a name="web" id="web"></a><div class="vheading2">Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary</div>(<I>imp. & p. p.</I>) of Bribe.<a name="lib" id="lib"></a><div class="vheading2">Library</div><p><a href="/library/watson/a_body_of_divinity/8_the_justice_of_god.htm"><span class="l">The Justice of God</span></a> <br><b>...</b> Men may act unjustly, because they are <b>bribed</b> or forced: God will not be <b>bribed</b>,<br> because of his justice; he cannot be forced, because of his power. <b>...</b> <br><font color="#ff6600" size="-1">//christianbookshelf.org/watson/a body of divinity/8 the justice of god.htm</font><p><a href="/library/chesterton/whats_wrong_with_the_world/chapter_5_the_task_of.htm"><span class="l">The Task of Modern Idealists Indeed is Made Much Too Easy for them <b>...</b></span></a> <br><b>...</b> will be a protection against political corruption. The English statesman<br> is <b>bribed</b> not to be <b>bribed</b>. He is born with a silver spoon <b>...</b> <br><font color="#ff6600" size="-1">/.../chesterton/whats wrong with the world/chapter 5 the task of.htm</font><p><a href="/library/white/the_acts_of_the_apostles/lesson_10_the_first_christian.htm"><span class="l">The First Christian Martyr</span></a> <br><b>...</b> On several occasions they had <b>bribed</b> the Roman authorities to pass over without<br> comment instances where the Jews had taken the law into their own hands and had <b>...</b> <br><font color="#ff6600" size="-1">/.../white/the acts of the apostles/lesson 10 the first christian.htm</font><p><a href="/library/farrar/gathering_clouds_a_tale_of_the_days_of_st_chrysostom/chapter_xx_first_impressions.htm"><span class="l">First Impressions</span></a> <br><b>...</b> Tennyson. On February 26, 398, the humble Presbyter of Antioch attained the dignity<br> for which so many had longed, intrigued, and <b>bribed</b>, and which myriads of <b>...</b> <br><font color="#ff6600" size="-1">/.../chapter xx first impressions.htm</font><p><a href="/library/farrar/gathering_clouds_a_tale_of_the_days_of_st_chrysostom/chapter_l_prolonged_agony.htm"><span class="l">Prolonged Agony</span></a> <br><b>...</b> Their leader, Lucius, had been bidden by Arcadius to abstain from extremes; but<br> as they would not disperse, he was <b>bribed</b> by Severian and Acacius to use force. <b>...</b> <br><font color="#ff6600" size="-1">/.../chapter l prolonged agony.htm</font><p><a href="/library/farrar/gathering_clouds_a_tale_of_the_days_of_st_chrysostom/chapter_xliii_ecce_iterum_crispinus.htm"><span class="l">ecce Iterum Crispinus!'</span></a> <br><b>...</b> Church"and that is saying a good deal when one thinks of Severian, John the Deacon,<br> Antoninus of Ephesus, the sorcerer Gerontius, the <b>bribed</b> liar Eusebius of <b>...</b> <br><font color="#ff6600" size="-1">/.../chapter xliii ecce iterum crispinus.htm</font><p><a href="/library/white/the_desire_of_ages/chapter_75_before_annas_and.htm"><span class="l">Before Annas and the Court of Caiaphas</span></a> <br><b>...</b> defeated. False witnesses had been <b>bribed</b> to accuse Jesus of inciting<br> rebellion and seeking to establish a separate government. <b>...</b> <br><font color="#ff6600" size="-1">/.../christianbookshelf.org/white/the desire of ages/chapter 75 before annas and.htm</font><p><a href="/library/farrar/gathering_clouds_a_tale_of_the_days_of_st_chrysostom/chapter_lx_the_vengeance_of.htm"><span class="l">The Vengeance of Heaven</span></a> <br><b>...</b> Does it not content thee?' he said. 'See, how rich we are! How useful we found<br> it, you and I. How we <b>bribed</b> the Alexandrian officials with it. <b>...</b> <br><font color="#ff6600" size="-1">/.../chapter lx the vengeance of.htm</font><p><a href="/library/forbes/saint_athanasius/chapter_5_false_witnesses.htm"><span class="l">False Witnesses</span></a> <br><b>...</b> They had, however, <b>bribed</b> an abandoned wretch of the town to enter while the council<br> was sitting and accuse Eustathius before all present of a scandalous crime <b>...</b> <br><font color="#ff6600" size="-1">//christianbookshelf.org/forbes/saint athanasius/chapter 5 false witnesses.htm</font><p><a href="/library/abbott/xerxes/chapter_viii_the_advance_of.htm"><span class="l">The Advance of Xerxes into Greece.</span></a> <br><b>...</b> of the Athenians."Eurybiades appointed commander."Debates in the Greek<br> council."Dismay of the Euboeans."The Greek leaders <b>bribed</b>."Precautions of the <b>...</b> <br><font color="#ff6600" size="-1">//christianbookshelf.org/abbott/xerxes/chapter viii the advance of.htm</font><a name="thes" id="thes"></a><div class="vheading2">Thesaurus</div><a href="/topical/b/bribed.htm"><span class="l"><b>Bribed</b> (2 Occurrences)</span></a><br><b>...</b><b>Bribed</b> (2 Occurrences). Matthew 28:12 So the latter held a conference with the Elders,<br> and after consultation with them they heavily <b>bribed</b> the soldiers, (WEY). <b>...</b><br><font color="#ff6600" size="-1">/b/bribed.htm - 7k</font><p><a href="/topical/b/bribery.htm"><span class="l">Bribery (2 Occurrences)</span></a><br><br><font color="#ff6600" size="-1">/b/bribery.htm - 8k</font><p><a href="/topical/b/bribe.htm"><span class="l">Bribe (27 Occurrences)</span></a><br><br><font color="#ff6600" size="-1">/b/bribe.htm - 15k</font><p><a href="/topical/n/noadiah.htm"><span class="l">Noadiah (2 Occurrences)</span></a><br><b>...</b> Being <b>bribed</b> by them, she tried to stir up discontent among the inhabitants of<br> Jerusalem, and so to embarrass Nehemiah in his great work of rebuilding the <b>...</b><br><font color="#ff6600" size="-1">/n/noadiah.htm - 8k</font><p><a href="/topical/l/latter.htm"><span class="l">Latter (91 Occurrences)</span></a><br><b>...</b> (WEY). Matthew 28:12 So the latter held a conference with the Elders, and after<br> consultation with them they heavily <b>bribed</b> the soldiers, (WEY). <b>...</b><br><font color="#ff6600" size="-1">/l/latter.htm - 34k</font><p><a href="/topical/i/incorruptible.htm"><span class="l">Incorruptible (8 Occurrences)</span></a><br><b>...</b> as, gold is incorruptible. 2. (a.) Incapable of being <b>bribed</b> or morally<br> corrupted; inflexibly just and upright. 3. (n.) One of a <b>...</b><br><font color="#ff6600" size="-1">/i/incorruptible.htm - 9k</font><p><a href="/topical/d/delilah.htm"><span class="l">Delilah (7 Occurrences)</span></a><br><b>...</b> She was <b>bribed</b> by the "lords of the Philistines" to obtain from Samson the secret<br> of his strength and the means of overcoming it (Judges 16:4-18). <b>...</b><br><font color="#ff6600" size="-1">/d/delilah.htm - 10k</font><p><a href="/topical/m/menelaus.htm"><span class="l">Menelaus</span></a><br><b>...</b> Menelaus <b>bribed</b> Ptolemy, son of Dorymenes, to win over the king to acquit himself<br> and secure the execution of "those hapless men, who, if they had pleaded even <b>...</b><br><font color="#ff6600" size="-1">/m/menelaus.htm - 9k</font><p><a href="/topical/b/bought.htm"><span class="l">Bought (66 Occurrences)</span></a><br><b>...</b> 2. (n.) The part of a sling that contains the stone. 3. (v.) imp. & pp of<br> Buy. 4. (pa) Purchased; <b>bribed</b>. 5. (imp. & pp) of Buy. Int. <b>...</b><br><font color="#ff6600" size="-1">/b/bought.htm - 28k</font><p><a href="/topical/c/corruptible.htm"><span class="l">Corruptible (7 Occurrences)</span></a><br><b>...</b> Noah Webster's Dictionary 1. (a.) Capable of being <b>bribed</b>; subject to<br> decay or impurity. 2. (a.) Capable of being corrupted, or <b>...</b><br><font color="#ff6600" size="-1">/c/corruptible.htm - 8k</font><p><a name="res" id="res"></a><div class="vheading2">Resources</div><a href="https://www.gotquestions.org/Bible-bribery.html">What does the Bible say about bribery / giving or receiving a bribe? | GotQuestions.org</a><br /><br /><a href="https://www.gotquestions.org/Bible-integrity.html">What does the Bible say about integrity? | GotQuestions.org</a><br /><br /><a href="https://www.gotquestions.org/life-Samson.html">Who was Samson in the Bible? | GotQuestions.org</a><br /><br /><a href="https://clyx.com/term/bribed.htm">Bribed: Dictionary and Thesaurus | Clyx.com</a><br /><br /><a href="/concordance/">Bible Concordance</a> • <a href="/dictionary/">Bible Dictionary</a> • <a href="/encyclopedia/">Bible Encyclopedia</a> • <a href="/topical/">Topical Bible</a> • <a href="/thesaurus/">Bible Thesuarus</a></div></div><div id="centbox"><div class="padcent"><a name="cnc" id="cnc"></a><div class="vheading2">Concordance</div><span class="encheading">Bribed (2 Occurrences)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/matthew/28-12.htm">Matthew 28:12</a></span><br />So the latter held a conference with the Elders, and after consultation with them they heavily <span class="boldtext">bribed</span> the soldiers,<br /><span class="source">(WEY)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/ezekiel/16-33.htm">Ezekiel 16:33</a></span><br />They give gifts to all harlots; but thou givest thy gifts to all thy lovers, and bribest them, that they may come unto thee on every side for thy whoredoms. <br /><span class="source">(See JPS)</span><a name="sub" id="sub"></a><div class="vheading2">Subtopics</div><p class="pspc"><a href="/topical/b/bribed.htm">Bribed</a></p><a name="rel" id="rel"></a><div class="vheading2">Related Terms</div><p class="pspc2"><a href="/topical/b/bribes.htm">Bribes (14 Occurrences)</a></p><p class="pspc2"><a href="/topical/j/judicial.htm">Judicial (2 Occurrences)</a></p><p class="pspc2"><a href="/topical/g/gloomy.htm">Gloomy (10 Occurrences)</a></p><p class="pspc2"><a href="/topical/g/godless.htm">Godless (31 Occurrences)</a></p><p class="pspc2"><a href="/topical/i/iniquity.htm">Iniquity (299 Occurrences)</a></p><p class="pspc2"><a href="/topical/t/tamper.htm">Tamper (1 Occurrence)</a></p><p class="pspc2"><a href="/topical/r/rabshakeh.htm">Rabshakeh (15 Occurrences)</a></p><p class="pspc2"><a href="/topical/b/bribed.htm">Bribed (2 Occurrences)</a></p><p class="pspc2"><a href="/topical/c/corruption.htm">Corruption (37 Occurrences)</a></p><p class="pspc2"><a href="/topical/c/consumes.htm">Consumes (21 Occurrences)</a></p><p class="pspc2"><a href="/topical/c/crimes.htm">Crimes (22 Occurrences)</a></p><p class="pspc2"><a href="/topical/u/ungodly.htm">Ungodly (41 Occurrences)</a></p><p class="pspc2"><a href="/topical/c/crime.htm">Crime (45 Occurrences)</a></p><p class="pspc2"><a href="/topical/p/philippi.htm">Philippi (8 Occurrences)</a></p><p class="pspc2"><a href="/topical/h/hypocrites.htm">Hypocrites (22 Occurrences)</a></p><p class="pspc2"><a href="/topical/j/judge.htm">Judge (297 Occurrences)</a></p><p class="pspc2"><a href="/topical/t/tabernacles.htm">Tabernacles (43 Occurrences)</a></p><p class="pspc2"><a href="/topical/b/blindness.htm">Blindness (7 Occurrences)</a></p><p class="pspc2"><a href="/topical/c/corrupt.htm">Corrupt (59 Occurrences)</a></p><p class="pspc2"><a href="/topical/b/barren.htm">Barren (44 Occurrences)</a></p><p class="pspc2"><a href="/topical/p/profane.htm">Profane (69 Occurrences)</a></p><p class="pspc2"><a href="/topical/d/desolate.htm">Desolate (189 Occurrences)</a></p><p class="pspc2"><a href="/topical/c/consume.htm">Consume (136 Occurrences)</a></p><p class="pspc2"><a href="/topical/e/empire.htm">Empire (8 Occurrences)</a></p><p class="pspc2"><a href="/topical/c/consumed.htm">Consumed (213 Occurrences)</a></p><p class="pspc2"><a href="/topical/r/roman.htm">Roman (26 Occurrences)</a></p><p class="pspc2"><a href="/topical/c/christianity.htm">Christianity</a></div></div></td></tr></table></div><div id="left"><a href="/topical/b/bribe.htm" onmouseover='lft.src="/leftgif.png"' onmouseout='lft.src="/left.png"' title="Bribe"><img src="/left.png" name="lft" border="0" alt="Bribe" /></a></div><div id="right"><a href="/topical/b/bribery.htm" onmouseover='rght.src="/rightgif.png"' onmouseout='rght.src="/right.png"' title="Bribery"><img src="/right.png" name="rght" border="0" alt="Bribery" /></a></div><div id="botleft"><a href="#" onmouseover='botleft.src="/botleftgif.png"' onmouseout='botleft.src="/botleft.png"' title="Top of Page"><img src="/botleft.png" name="botleft" border="0" alt="Top of Page" /></a></div><div id="botright"><a href="#" onmouseover='botright.src="/botrightgif.png"' onmouseout='botright.src="/botright.png"' title="Top of Page"><img src="/botright.png" name="botright" border="0" alt="Top of Page" /></a></div> <div id="mdd"><div align="center"><div class="bot2"><table align="center" width="100%"><tr><td><div align="center"><script id="3d27ed63fc4348d5b062c4527ae09445"> (new Image()).src = 'https://capi.connatix.com/tr/si?token=51ce25d5-1a8c-424a-8695-4bd48c750f35&cid=3a9f82d0-4344-4f8d-ac0c-e1a0eb43a405'; 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