Quotes About Corruption

The king also desecrated the high places east of Jerusalem, to the south of the Mount of Corruption, which King Solomon of Israel had built for Ashtoreth the abomination of the Sidonians, for Chemosh the abomination of the Moabites, and for Milcom the abomination of the Ammonites.

but you have walked in the ways of the kings of Israel and have caused Judah and the people of Jerusalem to prostitute themselves, just as the house of Ahab prostituted itself. You have also killed your brothers, your fatherís family, who were better than you.

For the sons of that wicked woman Athaliah had broken into the house of God and had even used the sacred objects of the house of the LORD for the Baals.

And he did what was right in the eyes of the LORD, just as his father Uzziah had done. In addition, he did not enter the temple of the LORD. But the people still behaved corruptly.

Furthermore, all the leaders of the priests and the people multiplied their unfaithful deeds, following all the abominations of the nations, and they defiled the house of the LORD, which He had consecrated in Jerusalem.

We have behaved corruptly against You and have not kept the commandments, statutes, and ordinances that You gave Your servant Moses.

to return to Jerusalem. Then I discovered the evil that Eliashib had done on behalf of Tobiah by providing him a room in the courts of the house of God.

how much less man, who is vile and corrupt, who drinks injustice like water?

They conceive trouble and give birth to evil; their womb is pregnant with deceit.”

and say to corruption, ëYou are my father,í and to the worm, ëMy mother,í or ëMy sister,í

who says to kings, ëYou are worthless!í and to nobles, ëYou are wicked,í

The wicked wander freely, and vileness is exalted among men.

For the choirmaster. Of David. The fool says in his heart, “There is no God.” They are corrupt; their acts are vile. There is no one who does good.

All have turned away, they have together become corrupt; there is no one who does good, not even one.

in whose hands are wicked schemes, whose right hands are full of bribes.

The words of his mouth are wicked and deceitful; he has ceased to be wise and well-doing.

For the choirmaster. According to Mahalath. A Maskil of David. The fool says in his heart, “There is no God.” They are corrupt; their ways are vile. There is no one who does good.

All have turned away, they have together become corrupt; there is no one who does good, not even one.

No, in your hearts you devise injustice; with your hands you mete out violence on the earth.

From their prosperity proceeds iniquity; the imaginations of their hearts run wild.

Can a corrupt throne be Your ally—one devising mischief by decree?

They defiled themselves by their actions and prostituted themselves by their deeds.

from those who enjoy doing evil and rejoice in the twistedness of evil,

For they eat the bread of wickedness and drink the wine of violence.