8 Take no rewards in a cause: for rewards make blind those who have eyes to see, and make the decisions of the upright false.
You are not to be moved in your judging by a man's position, you are not to take rewards; for rewards make the eyes of the wise man blind, and the decisions of the upright false.
He whose desires are fixed on profit is a cause of trouble to his family; but he who has no desire for offerings will have life.
Who for a reward give support to the cause of the sinner, and who take away the righteousness of the upright from him.
And his sons did not go in his ways, but moved by the love of money took rewards, and were not upright in judging.
An offering of money is like a stone of great price in the eyes of him who has it: wherever he goes, he does well.
For the Lord your God is God of gods and Lord of lords, the great God, strong in power and greatly to be feared, who has no respect for any man's position and takes no rewards:
Here I am: give witness against me before the Lord and before the man on whom he has put the holy oil: whose ox or ass have I taken? to whom have I been untrue? who has been crushed down by me? from whose hand have I taken a price for the blinding of my eyes? I will give it all back to you.
Wealth makes a great number of friends; but the poor man is parted from his friend.
The wise are troubled by the ways of the cruel, and the giving of money is the destruction of the heart.
In you they have taken rewards as the price of blood; you have taken interest and great profits, and you have taken away your neighbours' goods by force, and have not kept me in mind, says the Lord.
Their drink has become bitter; they are completely false; her rulers take pleasure in shame.
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Commentary on Exodus 23 Matthew Henry Commentary
Chapter 23
This chapter continues and concludes the acts that passed in the first session (if I may so call it) upon mount Sinai. Here are,
Exd 23:1-9
Here are,
Exd 23:10-19
Here is,
Exd 23:20-33
Three gracious promises are here made to Israel, to engage them to their duty and encourage them in it; and each of the promises has some needful precepts and cautions joined to it.