Exodus 23:8 And thou shalt take no gift: for the gift blindeth the wise, and perverteth the words of the righteous. “Don’t take bribes. Bribes blind perfectly good eyes and twist the speech of good people. “You shall not take a bribe, for a bribe blinds the clear-sighted and subverts the cause of the just. “Take no bribes, for a bribe makes you ignore something that you clearly see. A bribe makes even a righteous person twist the truth. “You must not accept money from a person who wants you to lie in court, because such money will not let you see what is right. Such money makes good people tell lies. And thou shalt take no bribe: for a bribe blindeth them that have sight, and perverteth the words of the righteous. “Do not accept a bribe, for a bribe blinds those who see and twists the words of the innocent. “You shall not accept a bribe, for a bribe blinds the clear-sighted and subverts the testimony and the cause of the righteous. And you shall take no bribe, for a bribe blinds the clear-sighted and subverts the cause of those who are in the right.