Holy Scripture
Exodus 23:8
Source: Septuagint
Original
8And thou shalt not receive gifts; for gifts blind the eyes of the seeing, and corrupt just words.
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In context
6Thou shalt not wrest the sentence of the poor in his judgment.
7Thou shalt abstain from every unjust thing: thou shalt not slay the innocent and just, and thou shalt not justify the wicked for gifts.
— Exodus 23:8 —
9And ye shall not afflict a stranger, for ye know the heart of a stranger; for ye were yourselves strangers in the land of Egypt.
10Six years thou shalt sow thy land, and gather in the fruits of it.