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Ezekiel 13:19
You have profaned me among my people for a few handfuls of barley and scraps of bread. By lying to my people, who listen to lies, you have killed those who should not have died and have spared those who should not live.
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Proverbs 24:23
These also are sayings of the wise: To show partiality in judging is not good:
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Proverbs 18:5
It is not good to be partial to the wicked and so deprive the innocent of justice.
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Exodus 23:2
“ Do not follow the crowd in doing wrong. When you give testimony in a lawsuit, do not pervert justice by siding with the crowd,
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Exodus 23:8
“ Do not accept a bribe, for a bribe blinds those who see and twists the words of the innocent.
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Micah 7:3
Both hands are skilled in doing evil; the ruler demands gifts, the judge accepts bribes, the powerful dictate what they desire— they all conspire together.
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Hosea 4:18
Even when their drinks are gone, they continue their prostitution; their rulers dearly love shameful ways.
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2 Peter 2 3
In their greed these teachers will exploit you with fabricated stories. Their condemnation has long been hanging over them, and their destruction has not been sleeping.
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Micah 3:5
This is what the Lord says:“ As for the prophets who lead my people astray, they proclaim‘ peace’ if they have something to eat, but prepare to wage war against anyone who refuses to feed them.
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Romans 16:18
For such people are not serving our Lord Christ, but their own appetites. By smooth talk and flattery they deceive the minds of naive people.