Ketubot 105B

אפילו צדיק גמור ולוקח שוחד ⁠— אינו נפטר מן העולם בלא טירוף דעת.

even if he is completely righteous but he took a bribe, he will not leave this world without becoming demented.

כי אתא רב דימי אמר: דרש רב נחמן בר כהן, מאי דכתיב ״מלך במשפט יעמיד ארץ ואיש תרומות יהרסנה״⁠ — אם דומה דיין למלך, שאינו צריך לכלום ⁠— ״יעמיד ארץ״. ואם דומה לכהן שמחזר על הגרנות ⁠— ״יהרסנה״.

When Rav Dimi came from Eretz Yisrael to Babylonia, he said that Rav Naḥman bar Kohen interpreted a verse homiletically as follows. What is the meaning of that which is written: “The king by justice establishes the land, but he who exacts gifts [terumot] overthrows it” (Proverbs 29:4)? If a judge is like a king, in that he does not need anything and is not dependent on anyone, he establishes the land, i.e., he can serve as a judge. But if he is like a priest, who seeks out his terumot from various granaries, as he is dependent on others, he overthrows the land.

אמר רבה בר רב שילא: האי דיינא דשאיל שאילתא ⁠— פסול למידן דינא. ולא אמרן אלא דלית ליה לאושולי, אבל אית ליה לאושולי ⁠— לית לן בה.

§ Rabba bar Rav Sheila said: This judge who borrows items from others is disqualified from rendering judgment because it is as though he accepts a salary. And we said this only in a case where he does not have articles to lend out to others but is constantly borrowing without lending objects in turn. However, if he has items to lend out to others, we have no problem with it.

איני? והא רבא שאיל שאילתא מדבי בר מריון אף על גב דלא שיילי מיניה? התם לאחשובינהו הוא דבעי.

The Talmud asks: Is that so? But Rava would borrow items from the house of bar Maryon even though they would not borrow from him. The Talmud answers: There, he wanted to cause them to be considered more important in the community. Rava was very wealthy and did not need to borrow for his own benefit. On the contrary, by borrowing from the house of bar Maryon he raised their standing in the community.