Exodus 23:8
▸ Hear this chapter, lit word by wordAnd thou shalt take no gift: for the gift blindeth the wise, and perverteth the words of the righteous.
— Exodus 23:8, King James Version
In other translations
World English Bible (WEB)
You shall take no bribe, for a bribe blinds those who have sight and perverts the words of the righteous.
American Standard Version (ASV)
And thou shalt take no bribe: for a bribe blindeth them that have sight, and perverteth the words of the righteous.
Young's Literal Translation (YLT)
'And a bribe thou dost not take; for the bribe bindeth the open-<FI> eyed<Fi> , and perverteth the words of the righteous.