Deuteronomy 27:25
BSB · Public Domain (CC0)“‘Cursed is he who accepts a bribe to kill an innocent person.’ And let all the people say, ‘Amen!’”
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“‘Cursed is he who accepts a bribe to kill an innocent person.’ And let all the people say, ‘Amen!’”
Berean Standard Bible · Public Domain (CC0)“Cursed be he that taketh reward to slay an innocent person. And all the people shall say, Amen.”
King James Version · Public Domain“Cursed be he that taketh a bribe to slay an innocent person. And all the people shall say, Amen.”
American Standard Version · Public Domain“`Cursed <FI>is<Fi> he who is taking a bribe to smite a person, innocent blood, --and all the people have said, Amen.”
Young's Literal Translation · Public DomainOther passages that echo Deuteronomy 27:25 — 11 related verses from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.
- Exodus 23:7Stay far away from a false accusation. Do not kill the innocent or the just, for I will not acquit the guilty.
- Deuteronomy 10:17For the LORD your God is God of gods and Lord of lords, the great, mighty, and awesome God, showing no partiality and accepting no bribe.
- Deuteronomy 16:19Do not deny justice or show partiality. Do not accept a bribe, for a bribe blinds the eyes of the wise and twists the words of the righteous.
- Psalms 15:5who lends his money without interest and refuses a bribe against the innocent. He who does these things will never be shaken.
- Proverbs 1:11If they say, “Come along, let us lie in wait for blood, let us ambush the innocent without cause,
- Ezekiel 22:12In you they take bribes to shed blood. You engage in usury, take excess interest, and extort your neighbors. But Me you have forgotten, declares the Lord GOD.
- Micah 3:10who build Zion with bloodshed and Jerusalem with iniquity.
- Micah 7:2The godly man has perished from the earth; there is no one upright among men. They all lie in wait for blood; they hunt one another with a net.
- Matthew 26:15and asked, “What are you willing to give me if I hand Him over to you?” And they set out for him thirty pieces of silver.
- Matthew 27:3When Judas, who had betrayed Him, saw that Jesus was condemned, he was filled with remorse and returned the thirty pieces of silver to the chief priests and elders.
- Acts 1:18(Now with the reward for his wickedness Judas bought a field; there he fell headlong and burst open in the middle, and all his intestines spilled out.
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