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Exodus 23:8

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8*Do not accept a bribe, for a bribe makes people blind to what is right and ruins the cause of those who are innocent.

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Cross references

  1. *23.6–8: Lv 19:15; Dt 16:19

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ESVEnglish Standard Version

And you shall take no bribe, for a bribe blinds the clear-sighted and subverts the cause of those who are in the right.

NIVNew International Version (2011)

“Do not accept a bribe, for a bribe blinds those who see and twists the words of the innocent.

CSBChristian Standard Bible

You must not take a bribe, for a bribe blinds the clear-sighted and corrupts the words of the righteous.

NLTNew Living Translation

“Take no bribes, for a bribe makes you ignore something that you clearly see. A bribe makes even a righteous person twist the truth.

LEBThe Lexham English Bible

And you will not take a bribe, because the bribe makes the sighted blind and ruins the words of the righteous.

KJV 1900King James Version

And thou shalt take no gift: for the gift blindeth the wise, and perverteth the words of the righteous.