Proverbs 17:8 - Douy-Rheims Bible Challoner Revision

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

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

⁸ A gift is as a precious stone in the eyes of him that hath it: Whithersoever it turneth, it prospereth.

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

⁸ A bribe is like a bright, precious stone that dazzles the eyes and affects the mind of him who gives it; [as if by magic] he prospers, whichever way he turns.

American Standard Version (1901)

⁸ A bribe is as a precious stone in the eyes of him that hath it; Whithersoever it turneth, it prospereth.

Common English Bible

⁸ A bribe seems magical in the eyes of those who give it, granting success to all who use it.

Catholic Public Domain Version

⁸ The expectation of those who stand ready is a most pleasing jewel. Whichever way he turns himself, he understands prudently.

Proverbs 17:8 Cross References

Genesis 32:14

5 Thirty milch camels with their colts, forty kine, and twenty bulls, twenty she asses, and ten of their foals.

Genesis 32:21

2 And rising early he took his two wives, and his two handmaids, with his eleven sons, and passed over the ford of Jaboc.

Genesis 43:11

2 And take with you double money, and carry back what you found in your sacks, lest perhaps it was done by mistake.

Psalm 18:16

3 And I shall be spotless with him: and shall keep myself from my iniquity.

Psalm 19:6

3 and from those of others spare thy servant. If they shall have no dominion over me, then shall I be without spot: and I shall be cleansed from the greatest sin.

Psalm 21:13

All they that saw me have laughed me to scorn: they have spoken with the lips, and wagged the head.

Psalm 29:4

1 The Lord will give strength to his people: the Lord will bless his people with peace.

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 17:23

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

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.

Amos 5:12

0 Shall not the day of the Lord be darkness, and not light: and obscurity, and no brightness in it?

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 25:35

0 And David's servants came to Abigail to Carmel, and spoke to her, saying: David hath sent us to thee, to take thee to himself for a wife.