Exodus 23:8
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8And lthou shalt take no gift: for the gift blindeth †the wise, and perverteth the words of the righteous.
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- lDeut. 16:19. 1 Sam. 8:3 (Heb.). 2 Chr. 19:7. Ps. 26:10 (Heb.). Prov. 17:23. Isai. 1:23. & 5:23 (Heb.). & 33:15 (Heb.). Ezek. 22:12. Ecclus. 20:29.
- †Heb. the seeing. So ch. 4:11.
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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.
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NIVNew International Version (2011)
“Do not accept a bribe, for a bribe blinds those who see and twists the words of the innocent.
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You must not take a bribe, for a bribe blinds the clear-sighted and corrupts the words of the righteous.
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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.
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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.
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