Contradictions Catalog of Exodus 23:8
Exodus 23:8 contradicts following 9 verses in the Bible. Check out Contradictions and Paradoxes of Exodus 23:8 for quick understanding.
Exodus 23:8: And thou shalt take no gift: for the gift blindeth the wise, and perverteth the words of the righteous. [the wise: Heb. the seeing]
| # | Contradicting Verse | Translation |
|---|---|---|
| 1. | Genesis 24:30 | And it came to pass, when he saw the earring and bracelets upon his sister's hands, and when he heard the words of Rebekah his sister, saying, Thus spake the man unto me; that he came unto the man; and, behold, he stood by the camels at the well. |
| 2. | Numbers 35:32 | And ye shall take no satisfaction for him that is fled to the city of his refuge, that he should come again to dwell in the land, until the death of the priest. |
| 3. | Deuteronomy 27:25 | Cursed [be] he that taketh reward to slay an innocent person. And all the people shall say, Amen. |
| 4. | Proverbs 17:8 | A gift [is as] a precious stone in the eyes of him that hath it: whithersoever it turneth, it prospereth. [a precious...: Heb. a stone of grace] |
| 5. | Proverbs 17:23 | A wicked [man] taketh a gift out of the bosom to pervert the ways of judgment. |
| 6. | Proverbs 21:14 | A gift in secret pacifieth anger: and a reward in the bosom strong wrath. |
| 7. | Ecclesiastes 7:7 | Surely oppression maketh a wise man mad; and a gift destroyeth the heart. |
| 8. | Isaiah 1:23 | Thy princes [are] rebellious, and companions of thieves: every one loveth gifts, and followeth after rewards: they judge not the fatherless, neither doth the cause of the widow come unto them. |
| 9. | Acts 24:26 | He hoped also that money should have been given him of Paul, that he might loose him: wherefore he sent for him the oftener, and communed with him. |
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