Quotes About Corruption

And God looked upon the earth and saw that it was corrupt; for all living creatures on the earth had corrupted their ways.

But the men of Sodom were wicked, sinning greatly against the LORD.

Do not accept a bribe, for a bribe blinds those who see and twists the words of the righteous.

Then the LORD said to Moses, “Go down at once, for your people, whom you brought up out of the land of Egypt, have corrupted themselves.

that you do not act corruptly and make an idol for yourselves of any form or shape, whether in the likeness of a male or female,

After you have children and grandchildren and you have been in the land a long time, if you then act corruptly and make an idol of any form—doing evil in the sight of the LORD your God and provoking Him to anger—

And the LORD said to me, “Get up and go down from here at once, for your people, whom you brought out of Egypt, have corrupted themselves. How quickly they have turned aside from the way that I commanded them! They have made for themselves a molten image.”

ëCursed is he who accepts a bribe to kill an innocent person.í And let all the people say, ëAmen!í

For I know that after my death you will become utterly corrupt and turn from the path I have commanded you. And in the days to come, disaster will befall you because you will do evil in the sight of the LORD to provoke Him to anger by the work of your hands.”

His people have acted corruptly toward Him; the spot on them is not that of His children, but of a perverse and crooked generation.

But when the judge died, the Israelites became even more corrupt than their fathers, going after other gods to serve them and bow down to them. They would not give up their evil practices and stubborn ways.

So they gave him seventy shekels of silver from the temple of Baal-berith, with which Abimelech hired some worthless and reckless men to follow him.

Now the sons of Eli were wicked men; they had no regard for the LORD

and plunge it into the pan or kettle or cauldron or cooking pot. And the priest would claim for himself whatever the meat fork brought up. This is how they treated all the Israelites who came to Shiloh.

Now Eli was very old, and he heard about everything his sons were doing to all Israel and how they were sleeping with the women who served at the entrance to the Tent of Meeting.

“Why are you doing these things?” Eli said to his sons. “I hear about your wicked deeds from all these people.

But his sons did not walk in his ways; they turned aside toward dishonest gain, accepting bribes and perverting justice.

There were even male shrine prostitutes in the land. They imitated all the abominations of the nations the LORD had driven out before the Israelites.

Then Jezebel wrote letters in Ahabís name, sealed them with his seal, and sent them to the elders and nobles who lived with Naboth in his city.

So the elders and nobles who lived in Nabothís city did as Jezebel had instructed in the letters she had written to them.

Then they sent word to Jezebel: “Naboth has been stoned to death.”

When Jezebel heard that Naboth had been stoned to death, she said to Ahab, “Get up and take possession of the vineyard of Naboth the Jezreelite, who refused to give it to you for silver. For Naboth is no longer alive, but dead.”

(Surely there was never one like Ahab, who sold himself to do evil in the sight of the LORD, incited by his wife Jezebel.

But the people did not listen and Manasseh led them astray, so that they did greater evil than the nations that the LORD had destroyed before the Israelites.