Proverbs 17:8

“Be still, and know that I am God. I will be exalted among the nations. I will be exalted in the earth.”

They sat down to eat bread, and they lifted up their eyes and looked, and saw a caravan of Ishmaelites was coming from Gilead, with their camels bearing spices and balm and myrrh, going to carry it down to Egypt.

Be exalted, God, above the heavens! Let your glory be above all the earth!

he who doesn’t lend out his money for usury, nor take a bribe against the innocent. He who does these things shall never be shaken.

that you will do us no harm, as we have not touched you, and as we have done to you nothing but good, and have sent you away in peace.’ You are now the blessed of Yahweh.”

You shall say, ‘Not only that, but behold, your servant, Jacob, is behind us.’ ” For, he said, “I will appease him with the present that goes before me, and afterward I will see his face. Perhaps he will accept me.”

“You shall not follow a crowd to do evil. You shall not testify in court to side with a multitude to pervert justice.

“ ‘You shall do no injustice in judgment. You shall not be partial to the poor, nor show favoritism to the great; but you shall judge your neighbor in righteousness.

You shall not show partiality in judgment; you shall hear the small and the great alike. You shall not be afraid of the face of man, for the judgment is God’s. The case that is too hard for you, you shall bring to me, and I will hear it.”

You shall not deprive the foreigner or the fatherless of justice, nor take a widow’s clothing in pledge;

He said, “You are blessed by Yahweh, my daughter. You have shown more kindness in the latter end than at the beginning, because you didn’t follow young men, whether poor or rich.

His sons didn’t walk in his ways, but turned away after dishonest gain, took bribes, and perverted justice.

Stretch out your hand from above, rescue me, and deliver me out of great waters, out of the hands of foreigners,

They have grown fat. They shine; yes, they excel in deeds of wickedness. They don’t plead the cause, the cause of the fatherless, that they may prosper; and they don’t defend the rights of the needy.

They trample on the dust of the earth on the head of the poor, and deny justice to the oppressed; and a man and his father use the same maiden, to profane my holy name;

Don’t oppress the widow, nor the fatherless, the foreigner, nor the poor; and let none of you devise evil against his brother in your heart.’

Pure religion and undefiled before our God and Father is this: to visit the fatherless and widows in their affliction, and to keep oneself unstained by the world.

He said to him, “Behold, I have granted your request concerning this thing also, that I will not overthrow the city of which you have spoken.

They prepared the present for Joseph’s coming at noon, for they heard that they should eat bread there.

Then Eli answered, “Go in peace; and may the God of Israel grant your petition that you have asked of him.”

Here I am. Witness against me before Yahweh, and before his anointed. Whose ox have I taken? Whose donkey have I taken? Whom have I defrauded? Whom have I oppressed? Of whose hand have I taken a bribe to make me blind my eyes? I will restore it to you.”

Jesse took a donkey loaded with bread, and a container of wine, and a young goat, and sent them by David his son to Saul.

Jonathan said to David, “Go in peace, because we have both sworn in Yahweh’s name, saying, ‘Yahweh is between me and you, and between my offspring and your offspring, forever.’ ” He arose and departed; and Jonathan went into the city.

Now this present which your servant has brought to my lord, let it be given to the young men who follow my lord.

He sent from on high and he took me. He drew me out of many waters.

He said to him, “Go in peace.” So he departed from him a little way.

Yours, Yahweh, is the greatness, the power, the glory, the victory, and the majesty! For all that is in the heavens and in the earth is yours. Yours is the kingdom, Yahweh, and you are exalted as head above all.

Now therefore let the fear of Yahweh be on you. Take heed and do it; for there is no iniquity with Yahweh our God, nor respect of persons, nor taking of bribes.”

But I will sing of your strength. Yes, I will sing aloud of your loving kindness in the morning. For you have been my high tower, a refuge in the day of my distress.

Blessed are you by Yahweh, who made heaven and earth.

He who is greedy for gain troubles his own house, but he who hates bribes will live.

Many will entreat the favor of a ruler, and everyone is a friend to a man who gives gifts.

Many seek the ruler’s favor, but a man’s justice comes from Yahweh.

The sun also rises, and the sun goes down, and hurries to its place where it rises.

Learn to do well. Seek justice. Relieve the oppressed. Defend the fatherless. Plead for the widow.”

who acquit the guilty for a bribe, but deny justice for the innocent!

Is there no balm in Gilead? Is there no physician there? Why then isn’t the health of the daughter of my people recovered?

“ ‘ “Behold, the princes of Israel, everyone according to his power, have been in you to shed blood.

They make the king glad with their wickedness, and the princes with their lies.

“All their wickedness is in Gilgal; for there I hated them. Because of the wickedness of their deeds I will drive them out of my house! I will love them no more. All their princes are rebels.

Please listen to this, you heads of the house of Jacob, and rulers of the house of Israel, who abhor justice, and pervert all equity.

Her leaders judge for bribes, and her priests teach for a price, and her prophets of it tell fortunes for money: yet they lean on Yahweh, and say, “Isn’t Yahweh among us? No disaster will come on us.”

Her rich men are full of violence, her inhabitants speak lies, and their tongue is deceitful in their speech.

Peter opened his mouth and said, “Truly I perceive that God doesn’t show favoritism;

For there is no partiality with God.

My brothers, don’t hold the faith of our Lord Jesus Christ of glory with partiality.

He stayed there that night, and took from that which he had with him a present for Esau, his brother:

When Joseph came home, they brought him the present which was in their hand into the house, and bowed themselves down to the earth before him.

The child grew, and she brought him to Pharaoh’s daughter, and he became her son. She named him Moses, and said, “Because I drew him out of the water.”

“You shall take no bribe, for a bribe blinds those who have sight and perverts the words of the righteous.

He said to his mother, “The eleven hundred pieces of silver that were taken from you, about which you uttered a curse, and also spoke it in my ears—behold, the silver is with me. I took it.” His mother said, “May Yahweh bless my son!”

in whose hands is wickedness, their right hand is full of bribes.

To him who rides on the heaven of heavens, which are of old; behold, he utters his voice, a mighty voice.

A wicked man receives a bribe in secret, to pervert the ways of justice.

A man’s gift makes room for him, and brings him before great men.

These also are sayings of the wise. To show partiality in judgment is not good.

if it is so that you continue in the faith, grounded and steadfast, and not moved away from the hope of the Good News which you heard, which is being proclaimed in all creation under heaven, of which I, Paul, was made a servant.

Abraham took sheep and cattle, and gave them to Abimelech. Those two made a covenant.

He said, “Come in, you blessed of Yahweh. Why do you stand outside? For I have prepared the house, and room for the camels.”

Their father, Israel, said to them, “If it must be so, then do this: Take from the choice fruits of the land in your bags, and carry down a present for the man, a little balm, a little honey, spices and myrrh, nuts, and almonds;

You shall not pervert justice. You shall not show partiality. You shall not take a bribe, for a bribe blinds the eyes of the wise and perverts the words of the righteous.

So David received from her hand that which she had brought him. Then he said to her, “Go up in peace to your house. Behold, I have listened to your voice, and have granted your request.”

He sent from on high. He took me. He drew me out of many waters.

His going out is from the end of the heavens, his circuit to its ends. There is nothing hidden from its heat.

Be exalted, Yahweh, in your strength, so we will sing and praise your power.

Yahweh’s voice is powerful. Yahweh’s voice is full of majesty.

A gift in secret pacifies anger, and a bribe in the cloak, strong wrath.

Surely extortion makes the wise man foolish; and a bribe destroys the understanding.

Your princes are rebellious and companions of thieves. Everyone loves bribes and follows after rewards. They don’t defend the fatherless, neither does the cause of the widow come to them.

In time of security he will come even on the fattest places of the province. He will do that which his fathers have not done, nor his fathers’ fathers. He will scatter among them prey, plunder, and substance. Yes, he will devise his plans against the strongholds, even for a time.

For I know how many your offenses, and how great are your sins— you who afflict the just, who take a bribe, and who turn away the needy in the courts.

Their hands are on that which is evil to do it diligently. The ruler and judge ask for a bribe; and the powerful man dictates the evil desire of his soul. Thus they conspire together.

Meanwhile, he also hoped that money would be given to him by Paul, that he might release him. Therefore also he sent for him more often and talked with him.