Acts 24:26
He hoped withal that money would be given him of Paul: wherefore also he sent for him the oftener, and communed with him.
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- Proverbs 17:23 A wicked man receiveth a bribe out of the bosom, To pervert the ways of justice.
- 1 Timothy 6:9–10 But they that are minded to be rich fall into a temptation and a snare and many foolish and hurtful lusts, such as drown men in destruction and perdition. For the love of money is a root of all kinds of evil: which some reaching after have been led astray from the faith, and have pierced themselves through with many sorrows.
- Exodus 23:8 And thou shalt take no bribe: for a bribe blindeth them that have sight, and perverteth the words of the righteous.