A moment in scripture
Exodus 23:8
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And thou shalt take no gift: for the gift blindeth the wise, and perverteth the words of the righteous.
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The surrounding passage
- Exodus 23:6
Thou shalt not wrest the judgment of thy poor in his cause.
- Exodus 23:7
Keep thee far from a false matter; and the innocent and righteous slay thou not: for I will not justify the wicked.
- Exodus 23:9
Also thou shalt not oppress a stranger: for ye know the heart of a stranger, seeing ye were strangers in the land of Egypt.
- Exodus 23:10
And six years thou shalt sow thy land, and shalt gather in the fruits thereof:
Scripture: King James Version (KJV), English, 66-book canon. The quotation retains the wording and numbering of our source corpus.