Here are 30 Bible verses about corruption:
- 1 Corinthians 15:33:
“Do not be deceived: ‘Bad company ruins good morals.’”
- Proverbs 17:23:
“The wicked accepts a bribe in secret to pervert the ways of justice.”
- Proverbs 29:4:
“By justice a king builds up the land, but he who exacts gifts tears it down.”
- Proverbs 29:14:
“If a king faithfully judges the poor, his throne will be established forever.”
- Proverbs 17:15:
“He who justifies the wicked and he who condemns the righteous are both alike an abomination to the Lord.”
- Amos 5:12:
“For I know how many are your transgressions and how great are your sins— you who afflict the righteous, who take a bribe, and turn aside the needy in the gate!”
- Isaiah 33:15:
“He who walks righteously and speaks uprightly, who despises the gain of oppressions, who shakes his hands, lest they hold a bribe, who stops his ears from hearing of bloodshed and shuts his eyes from looking on evil,”
- Exodus 23:8:
“And you shall take no bribe, for a bribe blinds the clear-sighted and subverts the cause of those who are in the right.”
- Proverbs 1:19:
“Such are the ways of everyone who is greedy for unjust gain; it takes away the life of its possessors.”
- Proverbs 28:16:
“A ruler who lacks understanding is a cruel oppressor, but he who hates unjust gain will prolong his days.”
- Proverbs 11:1:
“A false balance is an abomination to the Lord, but a just weight is his delight.”
- Psalm 26:10:
“In whose hands are evil devices, and whose right hands are full of bribes.”
- Micah 3:11:
“Its heads give judgment for a bribe; its priests teach for a price; its prophets practice divination for money; yet they lean on the Lord and say, ‘Is not the Lord in the midst of us? No disaster shall come upon us.’”
- Jeremiah 22:17:
“But your eyes and your heart are only for your dishonest gain, for shedding innocent blood, and for practicing oppression and violence.”
- Ezekiel 22:12:
“In you they take bribes to shed blood; you take interest and profit and make gain of your neighbors by extortion; but me you have forgotten, declares the Lord God.”
- Proverbs 15:27:
“Whoever is greedy for unjust gain troubles his own household, but he who hates bribes will live.”
- Ezekiel 22:27:
“Her princes in her midst are like wolves tearing the prey, shedding blood, destroying lives to get dishonest gain.”
- Jeremiah 5:26-27:
“For wicked men are found among my people; they lurk like fowlers lying in wait. They set a trap; they catch men. Like a cage full of birds, their houses are full of deceit; therefore they have become great and rich;”
- Micah 7:3:
“Their hands are on what is evil, to do it well; the prince and the judge ask for a bribe, and the great man utters the evil desire of his soul; thus they weave it together.”
- Proverbs 20:17:
“Bread gained by deceit is sweet to a man, but afterward his mouth will be full of gravel.”
- Micah 3:1-3:
“And I said: Hear, you heads of Jacob and rulers of the house of Israel! Is it not for you to know justice?— you who hate the good and love the evil, who tear the skin from off my people and their flesh from off their bones, who eat the flesh of my people, and flay their skin from off them, and break their bones in pieces and chop them up like meat in a pot, like flesh in a cauldron.”
- Micah 6:12:
“Your rich men are full of violence; your inhabitants speak lies, and their tongue is deceitful in their mouth.”
- Proverbs 28:8:
“Whoever multiplies his wealth by interest and profit gathers it for him who is generous to the poor.”
- Jeremiah 6:13:
“For from the least to the greatest of them, everyone is greedy for unjust gain; and from prophet to priest, everyone deals falsely.”
- Isaiah 1:23:
“Your princes are rebels and companions of thieves. Everyone loves a bribe and runs after gifts. They do not bring justice to the fatherless, and the widow’s cause does not come to them.”
- Ezekiel 22:29:
“The people of the land have practiced extortion and committed robbery. They have oppressed the poor and needy, and have extorted from the sojourner without justice.”
- Hosea 4:2:
“There is swearing, lying, murder, stealing, and committing adultery; they break all bounds, and bloodshed follows bloodshed.”
- Jeremiah 7:11:
“Has this house, which is called by my name, become a den of robbers in your eyes? Behold, I myself have seen it, declares the Lord.”
- Jeremiah 22:3:
“Thus says the Lord: Do justice and righteousness, and deliver from the hand of the oppressor him who has been robbed. And do no wrong or violence to the resident alien, the fatherless, and the widow, nor shed innocent blood in this place.”
- Proverbs 28:20:
“A faithful man will abound with blessings, but whoever hastens to be rich will not go unpunished.”
These verses highlight the consequences and condemnation of corruption, emphasizing the importance of justice, honesty, and righteousness in society.
