You shall take no bribe,
for a bribe blinds the discerning
and perverts the words of the righteous.
–Exodus 23:8 (NKJV)–

He who is greedy for gain troubles his own house,
but he who hates bribes will live.
–Proverbs 15:27 (NKJV)–

A bribe debases the heart.
–Ecclesiastes 7:7 (NKJV)–