Proverbs 17:23 - The Scriptures 1998

²³ One who is wrong accepts a bribe behind the back To pervert the paths of right-ruling.

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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

“And do not take a bribe, for a bribe blinds the seeing one and twists the words of the righteous.

Proverbs 17:8

A bribe is a stone of favour in the eyes of its owner; Wherever he turns, he prospers.

Proverbs 18:16

A man’s gift makes room for him, And brings him before great men.

Proverbs 21:14

A gift in secret subdues displeasure, And a bribe in the bosom, strong wrath.

Ecclesiastes 7:7

For oppression makes a wise one mad, and a bribe destroys the heart.

Isaiah 1:23

Your rulers are stubborn, and companions of thieves. Everyone loves bribes, and runs after rewards. They do not defend the fatherless, nor does the cause of the widow reach them.

Isaiah 5:23

who declare right the wrong for a bribe, and the righteousness of the righteous they turn aside from him!

Ezekiel 22:12

“In you they have taken a bribe to shed blood. You have taken interest and increase. You have cut off your neighbour by extortion. And you have forgotten Me,” declares the Master יהוה.

Ezekiel 22:27

“Her leaders in her midst are like wolves tearing the prey, to shed blood, to destroy lives, and to get greedy gain.

Micah 3:11

Her heads judge for a bribe, her priests teach for pay, and her prophets divine for a price. Yet they lean on יהוה, and say, “Is not יהוה  in our midst? Evil does not come upon us.”

Micah 3:9

Hear this, please, you heads of the house of Yaʽ

Micah 7:3

Both hands are on the evil, to do it well. The prince asks for gifts, the judge seeks a bribe, and the great man speaks the desire of his being. And they weave it together.

Deuteronomy 16:19

“Do not distort right-ruling. Do not show partiality, nor take a bribe, for a bribe blinds the eyes of the wise and twists the words of the righteous.

1 Samuel 12:3

“Look, here I am. Witness against me before יהוה  and before His anointed: Whose ox have I taken, or whose donkey have I taken, or whom have I oppressed? Whom have I abused, or from whose hand have I received any bribe with which to blind my eyes? – then I restore it to you.”

1 Samuel 8:3

But his sons did not walk in his ways, and turned aside after own gain, and took bribes, and twisted right-ruling.