Proverbs 17:23

Catholic Public Domain Version

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

Cross References

Exodus 23:8

Neither shall you accept bribes, which blind even the prudent and subvert the words of the just.

Proverbs 17:8

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

Proverbs 18:16

A man's gift expands his way and makes space for him before leaders.

Proverbs 21:14

A surprise gift extinguishes anger. And a gift concealed in the bosom extinguishes the greatest indignation.

Ecclesiastes 7:7

For, like the crackling of thorns burning under a pot, so is the laughter of the foolish. But this, too, is emptiness.

Isaiah 1:23

Your leaders are unfaithful, the associates of thieves. They all love gifts; they pursue rewards. They do not judge for orphans, and the widow's case is not brought before them.

Isaiah 5:23

For you justify an impious man in exchange for bribes, and you carry away the justice of a just man from him.

Ezekiel 22:12

They have accepted bribes among you to shed blood. You have received usury and superabundance, and in avarice you have oppressed your neighbors. And you have forgotten me, says the Lord God.

Ezekiel 22:27

Her leaders in her midst are like wolves seizing the prey: to shed blood, and to perish souls, and to continually pursue profit with avarice.

Micah 3:11

Her leaders have judged for tributes, and her priests have taught for payment, and her prophets divined for money. And they leaned upon the Lord, saying: "Is not the Lord in our midst? No disaster will overcome us."

Micah 3:9

Hear this, leaders of the house of Jacob and judges of the house of Israel, you who abominate judgment and who pervert all that is right.

Micah 7:3

The evil of their hands, they call good. The leader is demanding, and the judge is yielding, and the great is speaking the desire of his soul, and they have confused it.

Deuteronomy 16:19

and not so as to show favoritism to either side. You shall not accept a person's reputation, nor gifts. For gifts blind the eyes of the wise and alter the words of the just.

1 Samuel 12:3

Speak about me before the Lord, and before his Christ, as to whether I have taken anyone's ox or donkey, or whether I have falsely accused anyone, or whether I have oppressed anyone, or whether I have accepted a bribe from the hand of anyone, and I will repudiate the same, this day, and I will restore it to you."

1 Samuel 8:3

But his sons did not walk in his ways. Instead, they turned aside, pursuing avarice. And they accepted bribes, and they perverted judgment.