Proverbs 17:23

American King James Version (1999)

A wicked man takes a gift out of the bosom to pervert the ways of judgment.

Cross References

Micah 7:3

That they may do evil with both hands earnestly, the prince asks, and the judge asks for a reward; and the great man, he utters his mischievous desire: so they wrap it up.

Proverbs 17:8

A gift is as a precious stone in the eyes of him that has it: wherever it turns, it prospers.

Exodus 23:8

And you shall take no gift: for the gift blinds the wise, and perverts the words of the righteous.

Deuteronomy 16:19

You shall not wrest judgment; you shall not respect persons, neither take a gift: for a gift does blind the eyes of the wise, and pervert the words of the righteous.

Micah 3:11

The heads thereof judge for reward, and the priests thereof teach for hire, and the prophets thereof divine for money: yet will they lean on the LORD, and say, Is not the LORD among us? none evil can come on us.

Ezekiel 22:12

In you have they taken gifts to shed blood; you have taken usury and increase, and you have greedily gained of your neighbors by extortion, and have forgotten me, said the Lord GOD.

Isaiah 1:23

Your princes are rebellious, and companions of thieves: every one loves gifts, and follows after rewards: they judge not the fatherless, neither does the cause of the widow come to them.

Proverbs 21:14

A gift in secret pacifies anger: and a reward in the bosom strong wrath.

Proverbs 18:16

A man's gift makes room for him, and brings him before great men.

1 Samuel 12:3

Behold, here I am: witness against me before the LORD, and before his anointed: whose ox have I taken? or whose ass have I taken? or whom have I defrauded? whom have I oppressed? or of whose hand have I received any bribe to blind my eyes therewith? and I will restore it you.

1 Samuel 8:3

And his sons walked not in his ways, but turned aside after lucre, and took bribes, and perverted judgment.

Ecclesiastes 7:7

Surely oppression makes a wise man mad; and a gift destroys the heart.

Isaiah 5:23

Which justify the wicked for reward, and take away the righteousness of the righteous from him!

Ezekiel 22:27

Her princes in the middle thereof are like wolves ravening the prey, to shed blood, and to destroy souls, to get dishonest gain.

Micah 3:9

Hear this, I pray you, you heads of the house of Jacob, and princes of the house of Israel, that abhor judgment, and pervert all equity.