Exodus 23b- Bribery and Strangers

Exodus 23:7 Have nothing to do with false charges, and don't kill the innocent and righteous, because I will count the guilty as guilty. 

8 Do not accept a bribe, because that makes people blind to what is right and ruins the cause of those who are innocent.

Deuteronomy 10:17 For the I AM your God is the God of gods and the Lord of lords, the great, the mighty, and the awesome God who does not show partiality nor take a bribe. 

I think this would not only include bribery, but later job appointments and speaking engagements; any way, shape, or form where someone benefits by giving a certain ruling or testimony is evil.

2 Chronicles 19:7 Now then, fear of the I AM. Be very careful what you do, for the I AM our God will have no part in unrighteousness or partiality or the taking of a bribe." 


Proverbs 21:14 A gift in secret subdues anger, And a bribe in the bosom calms strong wrath.


Proverbs 15:27 Whoever is greedy for unjust gain brings trouble to his own household, but he who hates bribes will live.

Ecclesiastes 7:7 Surely oppression drives the wise into madness, and a bribe corrupts the heart. 



Deuteronomy 27:25 Cursed is he who accepts a bribe to strike down an innocent person.' And all the people shall say, 'Amen.'


Deuteronomy 16:19 You shall not pervert justice. You shall not show partiality, and you shall not accept a bribe, for a bribe blinds the eyes of the wise and defeats the cause of the righteous.
 
Leviticus 19:15 You shall do no injustice in court. You shall not be partial to the poor or defer to the great, but in righteousness shall you judge your neighbor.



9 Also thou shall not oppress an immigrant, because you know the heart of a stranger, since you were immigrants in the land of Egypt.

Leviticus 19:10 And thou shall not glean thy vineyard, neither shalt thou gather every grape of thy vineyard. Thou shall leave them for the poor and immigrant. I am the Lord your God.

"Gleaning" was when the farmer went back over his fields the second time to gather up the things they missed. Not gleaning the fields was God's "welfare program." The poor could go gather what they needed to survive. However, the food was not delivered to the poor's door. They still had to go work for it. People are not happy, have no sense of self worth, without work.

Leviticus 19:33 And if an immigrant lives with thee in your land, ye shall not mistreat him.

34 But the immigrant who lives with you shall be treated like a native, and thou shall love him as thyself, because you were immigrants in the land of Egypt. I am the Lord your God. 


 Leviticus 24:22 You shall have one type of law, the same for the immigrant as for the native, because I am the Lord your God.

Numbers 9:14 And if an immigrant lives among you, and wants to keep the Passover to the Lord, according to the Law of the Passover, and according to the customs of it, he can do that. You will have the same Law for both the immigrant and the native.

Deuteronomy 23:7-8 "You shall not hate an Edomite because he is your brother. You shall not hate an Egyptian, because you were an immigrant in his land. 

The children that are born to them shall enter into the congregation of the Lord in their third generation. 

Deuteronomy 24:17-18  Thou shall not pervert the judgment of the immigrant, nor of the fatherless, nor take a widow's clothes as collateral.

18 But thou shall remember that thou were a slave in Egypt, and the Lord thy God freed thee from there. That is why I command thee to do this thing.
 

Deuteronomy 27:19 'Cursed is he who distorts the justice due an immigrant, orphan, and widow.' And all the people shall say, 'Amen.'

Jeremiah 22:3 'Thus says the I AM, "Do justice and righteousness, and deliver the one who has been robbed from the power of his oppressor. Also do not mistreat or do violence to the immigrant, the orphan, or the widow, and do not shed innocent blood in this place.

Matthew 25:43 I was an immigrant, and you did not invite Me in, naked, and you did not clothe Me; sick, and in prison, and you did not visit Me.'
(Jesus explaining why some who thought they were going to heaven weren't.)

Zechariah 7:10 "And do not oppress the widow or the orphan, the immigrant or the poor, and do not plan evil in your hearts against each other.'

Malachi 3:5 Then I will draw near to you for judgment, and I will be a swift witness against the witches and against the adulterers and against those who lie, especially in court, and against those who mistreat their employees, the widow and the orphan, and those who kick out the immigrant, and do not fear Me," says the I AM of angel armies.

This is speaking of ally nations such as Edom or Egypt. If their people immigrate to your land, treat them the same as you do your own citizens. Treat them the way you wish the Egyptians had treated you.

There are different standards elsewhere for those from enemy nations. Those who break the laws of the land to come into the land are acting as enemies and should be treated as such. but those who respect the laws, immigrating legally, should be treated like natives.