Proverbs 17:23 - Douy-Rheims Bible Challoner Revision

²³ A fool receiveth not the words of prudence: unless thou say those things which are in his heart.

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

²³ A wicked man taketh a gift out of the bosom To pervert the ways of judgment.

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

²³ A wicked man receives a bribe out of the bosom (pocket) to pervert the ways of justice.

American Standard Version (1901)

²³ A wicked man receiveth a bribe out of the bosom, To pervert the ways of justice.

Common English Bible

²³ The wicked take secret bribes to twist the way of justice.

Catholic Public Domain Version

²³ The impious receives gifts from the bosom, so that he may pervert the paths of judgment.

Proverbs 17:23 Cross References

Exodus 23:8

1 But the seventh year thou shalt let it alone, and suffer it to rest, that the poor of thy people may eat, and whatsoever shall be left, let the beasts of the field eat it: so shalt thou do with thy vineyard and thy oliveyard.

Proverbs 17:8

5 He that justifieth the wicked, and he that condemneth the just, both are abominable before God.

Proverbs 18:16

3 The poor will speak with supplications, and the rich will speak roughly.

Proverbs 21:14

1 He that followeth justice and mercy, shall find life, justice, and glory.

Ecclesiastes 7:7

4 In the good day enjoy good things, and beware beforehand of the evil day: for God hath made both the one and the other, that man may not find against him any just complaint.

Isaiah 1:23

1 And your strength shall be as the ashes of tow, and your work as a spark: and both shall burn together, and there shall be none to quench it.

Isaiah 5:23

IN the year that king Ozias died, I saw the Lord sitting upon a throne high and elevated: and his train filled the temple.

Ezekiel 22:12

0 As they gather silver, and brass, and tin, and iron, and lead in the midst of the furnace: that I may kindle a fire in it to melt it: so will I gather you together in my fury and in my wrath, and will take my rest, and I will melt you down.

Ezekiel 22:27

And their names were Oolla the elder, and Ooliba her younger sister: and I took them, and they bore sons and daughters. Now for their names, Samaria is Oolla, and Jerusalem is Ooliba.

Micah 3:11

And I will make her that halted, a remnant: and her that hath been afflicted, a mighty nation: and the Lord will reign over them in mount Sion, from this time now and for ever.

Micah 3:9

For all people will walk every one in the name of his god: but we will walk in the name of the Lord our God for ever and ever.

Micah 7:3

1 The day shall come, that thy walls may be built up: in that day shall the law be far removed.

Deuteronomy 16:19

When there shall be found among you within any of thy gates, which the Lord thy God shall give thee, man or woman that do evil in the sight of the Lord thy God, and transgress his covenant,

1 Samuel 12:3

How Jacob went into Egypt, and your fathers cried to the Lord: and the Lord sent Moses and Aaron, and brought your fathers out of Egypt: and made them dwell in this place.

1 Samuel 8:3

According to all their works, they have done from the day that I brought them out of Egypt until this day: as they have forsaken me, and served strange gods, so do they also unto thee.