Acts 24:26
Meanwhile, he also hoped that money would be given to him by Paul, that he might release him. Therefore also he sent for him more often and talked with him.
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- Proverbs 17:23 A wicked man receives a bribe in secret, to pervert the ways of justice.
- 1 Timothy 6:9–10 But those who are determined to be rich fall into a temptation, a snare, and many foolish and harmful lusts, such as drown men in ruin and destruction. For the love of money is a root of all kinds of evil. Some have been led astray from the faith in their greed, and have pierced themselves through with many sorrows.
- Exodus 23:8 “You shall take no bribe, for a bribe blinds those who have sight and perverts the words of the righteous.