And his sons walked not in his ways, but turned aside after lucre, and took bribes, and perverted judgment.
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} judgment {H4941}.
However, his sons did not follow his way of life; they turned off it to pursue riches, so that they would take bribes to distort justice.
But his sons did not walk in his ways; they turned aside toward dishonest gain, accepting bribes and perverting justice.
And his sons walked not in his ways, but turned aside after lucre, and took bribes, and perverted justice.
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Deuteronomy 16:19
Thou shalt not wrest judgment; thou shalt not respect persons, neither take a gift: for a gift doth blind the eyes of the wise, and pervert the words of the righteous. -
1 Timothy 6:10
For the love of money is the root of all evil: which while some coveted after, they have erred from the faith, and pierced themselves through with many sorrows. -
Psalms 15:5
[He that] putteth not out his money to usury, nor taketh reward against the innocent. He that doeth these [things] shall never be moved. -
Exodus 23:8
And thou shalt take no gift: for the gift blindeth the wise, and perverteth the words of the righteous. -
Exodus 18:21
Moreover thou shalt provide out of all the people able men, such as fear God, men of truth, hating covetousness; and place [such] over them, [to be] rulers of thousands, [and] rulers of hundreds, rulers of fifties, and rulers of tens: -
Isaiah 33:15
He that walketh righteously, and speaketh uprightly; he that despiseth the gain of oppressions, that shaketh his hands from holding of bribes, that stoppeth his ears from hearing of blood, and shutteth his eyes from seeing evil; -
1 Timothy 3:3
Not given to wine, no striker, not greedy of filthy lucre; but patient, not a brawler, not covetous;