Psalm 26:10 “in whose hands are wicked schemes, whose right hands are full of bribe…”

Psalm 26:10

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

Berean Standard Bible

Other translations

King James Version

In whose hands is mischief, and their right hand is full of bribes.

World English Bible

in whose hands is wickedness; their right hand is full of bribes.

American Standard Version

In whose hands is wickedness, And their right hand is full of bribes.

Geneva Bible 1599

In whose handes is wickednes, and their right hand is full of bribes.

Darby Translation

In whose hands are evil devices, and their right hand is full of bribes.

Young's Literal Translation

In whose hand [is] a wicked device, And their right hand [is] full of bribes.

Bible in Basic English

In whose hands are evil designs, and whose right hands take money for judging falsely.

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Cross references

“In”

Psalm 52:2 Psalm 10:14 Psalm 11:2 Psalm 36:4 Psalm 55:9–11 Proverbs 1:16

Psalm 52:2 · BSB

Your tongue devises destruction like a sharpened razor, O worker of deceit.

Psalm 10:14 · BSB

But You have regarded trouble and grief; You see to repay it by Your hand. The victim entrusts himself to You; You are the helper of the fatherless.

Psalm 11:2 · BSB

For behold, the wicked bend their bows. They set their arrow on the string to shoot from the shadows at the upright in heart.

Psalm 36:4 · BSB

Even on his bed he plots wickedness; he sets himself on a path that is not good; he fails to reject evil.

Psalm 55:9–11 · BSB

O Lord, confuse and confound their speech, for I see violence and strife in the city.

Proverbs 1:16 · BSB

For their feet run to evil, and they are swift to shed blood.

“bribes”

Exodus 23:8 Deuteronomy 16:19 1 Samuel 8:3 Micah 7:3 Isaiah 33:15 Amos 5:12

Exodus 23:8 · BSB

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

Deuteronomy 16:19 · BSB

Do not deny justice or show partiality. Do not accept a bribe, for a bribe blinds the eyes of the wise and twists the words of the righteous.

1 Samuel 8:3 · BSB

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

Micah 7:3 · BSB

Both hands are skilled at evil; the prince and the judge demand a bribe. When the powerful utters his evil desire, they all conspire together.

Isaiah 33:15 · BSB

He who walks righteously and speaks with sincerity, who refuses gain from extortion, whose hand never takes a bribe, who stops his ears against murderous plots and shuts his eyes tightly against evil—

Amos 5:12 · BSB

For I know that your transgressions are many and your sins are numerous. You oppress the righteous by taking bribes; you deprive the poor of justice in the gate.

Cross references adapted from OpenBible.info (CC BY 4.0) and the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

In context

9Do not take my soul away with sinners, or my life with men of bloodshed,

11But I will walk with integrity; redeem me and be merciful to me.

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