Sentences with phrase «bribe blinds the eyes»

for a bribe blinds the eyes of the wise and subverts the cause of the righteous» (Deut.

You shall not pervert justice; you shall not show partiality; and you shall not take a bribe, for a bribe blinds the eyes of the wise and subverts the cause of the righteous.

Not exact matches

or of whose hand have I taken a bribe to blind my eyes therewith?

You might also bribe the judges to turn a blind eye at the clock, but you need to get that far first.

When governments accept bribes to turn a blind eye to the horrific environmental impact of tearing down forests to replace them with a single crop or, even worse, a mine or power station — this is corruption.