Verse 3

And his sons{H1121} walked{H1980} not in his ways,{H1870} but turned aside{H5186} after{H310} lucre,{H1215} and took{H3947} bribes,{H7810} and perverted{H5186} justice.{H4941}

Referenced Verses

  • Deut 16:19 : 19 Thou shalt not wrest{H5186} justice:{H4941} thou shalt not respect{H5234} persons;{H6440} neither shalt thou take{H3947} a bribe;{H7810} for a bribe{H7810} doth blind{H5786} the eyes{H5869} of the wise,{H2450} and pervert{H5557} the words{H1697} of the righteous.{H6662}
  • Ps 15:5 : 5 He that putteth not out{H5414} his money{H3701} to interest,{H5392} Nor taketh{H3947} reward{H7810} against the innocent.{H5355} He that doeth{H6213} these things shall never{H5769} be moved.{H4131}
  • Exod 18:21 : 21 Moreover thou shalt provide{H2372} out of all the people{H5971} able{H2428} men,{H582} such as fear{H3373} God,{H430} men{H582} of truth,{H571} hating{H8130} unjust gain;{H1215} and place{H7760} such over them, to be rulers{H8269} of thousands,{H505} rulers{H8269} of hundreds,{H3967} rulers{H8269} of fifties,{H2572} and rulers{H8269} of tens:{H6235}
  • Exod 23:8 : 8 And thou shalt take{H3947} no bribe:{H7810} for a bribe{H7810} blindeth{H5786} them that have sight,{H6493} and perverteth{H5557} the words{H1697} of the righteous.{H6662}
  • Ps 26:10 : 10 In whose hands{H3027} is wickedness,{H2154} And their right hand{H3225} is full{H4390} of bribes.{H7810}
  • Eccl 2:19 : 19 And who knoweth{H3045} whether he will be a wise{H2450} man or a fool?{H5530} yet will he have rule{H7980} over all my labor{H5999} wherein I have labored,{H5999} and wherein I have showed myself wise{H2449} under the sun.{H8121} This also is vanity.{H1892}
  • Isa 33:15 : 15 He that walketh{H1980} righteously,{H6666} and speaketh{H1696} uprightly;{H4339} he that despiseth{H3988} the gain{H1215} of oppressions,{H4642} that shaketh{H5287} his hands{H3709} from taking{H8551} a bribe,{H7810} that stoppeth{H331} his ears{H241} from hearing{H8085} of blood,{H1818} and shutteth{H6105} his eyes{H5869} from looking{H7200} upon evil:{H7451}
  • Jer 22:15-17 : 15 Shalt thou reign,{H4427} because thou strivest to excel{H8474} in cedar?{H730} Did not thy father{H1} eat{H398} and drink,{H8354} and do{H6213} justice{H4941} and righteousness?{H6666} then it was well{H2896} with him. 16 He judged{H1777} the cause{H1779} of the poor{H6041} and needy;{H34} then it was well.{H2896} Was not this to know{H1847} me? saith{H5002} Jehovah.{H3068} 17 But thine eyes{H5869} and thy heart{H3820} are not but for thy covetousness,{H1215} and for shedding{H8210} innocent{H5355} blood,{H1818} and for oppression,{H6233} and for violence,{H4835} to do{H6213} it.
  • 1 Tim 3:3 : 3 no{G3361} brawler,{G269} no{G3361} striker;{G4131} but{G235} gentle,{G1933} not contentious,{G269} no lover{G866} of money;{G146}
  • 1 Tim 6:10 : 10 For{G1063} the love of money{G5365} is{G2076} a root{G4491} of all{G3956} kinds of evil:{G2556} which{G3739} {G3713} some{G5100} reaching after{G3713} have been led astray{G635} from{G575} the faith,{G4102} and{G2532} have pierced{G4044} themselves{G1438} through{G4044} with many{G4183} sorrows.{G3601}
  • 2 Sam 15:4 : 4 Absalom{H53} said{H559} moreover, Oh that I were made{H7760} judge{H8199} in the land,{H776} that every man{H376} who hath any suit{H7379} or cause{H4941} might come{H935} unto me, and I would do him justice!{H6663}
  • 1 Kgs 12:6-9 : 6 And king{H4428} Rehoboam{H7346} took counsel{H3289} with the old men,{H2205} that had stood{H5975} before{H6440} Solomon{H8010} his father{H1} while he yet lived,{H2416} saying,{H559} What counsel{H3289} give ye me to return{H7725} answer{H1697} to this people?{H5971} 7 And they spake{H1696} unto him, saying,{H559} If thou wilt be a servant{H5650} unto this people{H5971} this day,{H3117} and wilt serve{H5647} them, and answer{H6030} them, and speak{H1696} good{H2896} words{H1697} to them, then they will be thy servants{H5650} for ever.{H3117} 8 But he forsook{H5800} the counsel{H6098} of the old men{H2205} which they had given{H3289} him, and took counsel{H3289} with the young men{H3206} that were grown up{H1431} with him, that stood{H5975} before{H6440} him. 9 And he said{H559} unto them, What counsel give{H3289} ye, that we may{H7725} return answer{H1697} to this people,{H5971} who have spoken{H1696} to me, saying,{H559} Make{H7043} the yoke{H5923} that thy father{H1} did put{H5414} upon us lighter?{H7043} 10 And the young men{H3206} that were grown up{H1431} with him spake{H1696} unto him, saying,{H559} Thus shalt thou say{H559} unto this people{H5971} that spake{H1696} unto thee, saying,{H559} Thy father{H1} made{H3513} our yoke{H5923} heavy,{H3513} but make thou it lighter{H7043} unto us; thus shalt thou speak{H1696} unto them, My little{H6995} finger is thicker{H5666} than my father's{H1} loins.{H4975} 11 And now whereas my father{H1} did lade{H6006} you with a heavy{H3515} yoke,{H5923} I will add{H3254} to your yoke:{H5923} my father{H1} chastised{H3256} you with whips,{H7752} but I will chastise{H3256} you with scorpions.{H6137}
  • 2 Kgs 21:1-3 : 1 Manasseh{H4519} was twelve{H8147} years{H8141} old{H1121} when he began to reign;{H4427} and he reigned{H4427} five{H2568} and fifty{H2572} years{H8141} in Jerusalem:{H3389} and his mother's{H517} name{H8034} was Hephzibah.{H2657} 2 And he did{H6213} that which was evil{H7451} in the sight{H5869} of Jehovah,{H3068} after the abominations{H8441} of the nations{H1471} whom Jehovah{H3068} cast out{H3423} before{H6440} the children{H1121} of Israel.{H3478} 3 For he built{H1129} again{H7725} the high places{H1116} which Hezekiah{H2396} his father{H1} had destroyed;{H6} and he reared up{H6965} altars{H4196} for Baal,{H1168} and made{H6213} an Asherah,{H842} as did{H6213} Ahab{H256} king{H4428} of Israel,{H3478} and worshipped{H7812} all the host{H6635} of heaven,{H8064} and served{H5647} them.