A merry heart maketh a cheerful countenance: but by sorrow of the heart the spirit is broken.
All the days of the afflicted are evil: but he that is of a merry heart hath a continual feast.
And thou shalt take no gift: for the gift blindeth the wise, and perverteth the words of the righteous.
A gift in secret pacifieth anger: and a reward in the bosom strong wrath.
The prince that wanteth understanding is also a great oppressor: but he that hateth covetousness shall prolong his days.
To turn aside the needy from judgment, and to take away the right from the poor of my people, that widows may be their prey, and that they may rob the fatherless!
The heads thereof judge for reward, and the priests thereof teach for hire, and the prophets thereof divine for money: yet will they lean upon the LORD, and say, Is not the LORD among us? none evil can come upon us.