Exodus 23:8

וְשֹׁחַד לֹא תִקָּח כִּי הַשֹּׁחַד יְעַוֵּר פִּקְחִים וִֽיסַלֵּף דִּבְרֵי צַדִּיקִֽים׃

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Hebrew

וְשֹׁ֖חַד לֹ֣א תִקָּ֑ח כִּ֤י הַשֹּׁ֙חַד֙ יְעַוֵּ֣ר פִּקְחִ֔ים וִֽיסַלֵּ֖ף דִּבְרֵ֥י צַדִּיקִֽים׃

Greek (Septuagint)

καὶ δῶρα οὐ λήμψῃ· τὰ γὰρ δῶρα ἐκτυφλοῖ ὀφθαλμοὺς βλεπόντων καὶ λυμαίνεται ῥήματα δίκαια.

Greek text from Swete's edition, CC BY-SA 4.0

Latin (Vulgate)

Nec accipies munera, quæ etiam excæcant prudentes, et subvertunt verba justorum.

Spanish

No recibirás presente; porque el presente ciega á los que ven, y pervierte las palabras justas.

English

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

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