Quotes about Corruption

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

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

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

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.

Jehoram had also built high places on the hills of Judah; he had caused the people of Jerusalem to prostitute themselves and had led Judah astray.

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.

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

Have I ever said, ‘Give me something; offer me a bribe from your wealth;

The earth is given into the hand of the wicked; He blindfolds its judges. If it is not He, then who is it?

So man wastes away like something rotten, like a moth-eaten garment.

For the company of the godless will be barren, and fire will consume the tents of bribery.

and say to corruption, ‘You are my father,’ and to the worm, ‘My mother,’ or ‘My sister,’