Proverbs 17:8

Contemporary English Version 1995

A bribe works miracles like a magic charm that brings good luck.

Cross References

Exodus 23:8

Don't accept bribes. Judges are blinded and justice is twisted by bribes.

Micah 7:3

People cooperate to commit crime. Judges and leaders demand bribes, and rulers cheat in court.

Amos 5:12

I am the Lord, and I know your terrible sins. You cheat honest people and take bribes; you rob the poor of justice.

Isaiah 1:23

Your leaders have rejected me to become friends of crooks; your rulers are looking for gifts and bribes. Widows and orphans never get a fair trial.

Proverbs 21:14

A secret bribe will save you from someone's fierce anger.

Proverbs 17:23

Crooks accept secret bribes to keep justice from being done.

1 Samuel 25:35

David accepted the food Abigail had brought. “Don't worry,” he said. “You can go home now. I'll do what you asked.”

Genesis 43:11

Their father said: If Benjamin must go with you, take the governor a gift of some of the best things from our own country, such as perfume, honey, spices, pistachio nuts, and almonds.

Psalm 29:4

and his voice is mighty and marvelous.

Psalm 21:13

Show your strength, Lord, so that we may sing and praise your power.

Psalm 19:6

It travels all the way across the sky. Nothing hides from its heat.

Psalm 18:16

You reached down from heaven, and you lifted me from deep in the ocean.

Ecclesiastes 7:7

Corruption makes fools of sensible people, and bribes can ruin you.

Genesis 32:14

200 female goats and 20 males, 200 female sheep and 20 males, 30 female camels with their young, 40 cows and 10 bulls, and 20 female donkeys and 10 males.

Genesis 32:21

Jacob's men took the gifts on ahead of him, but he spent the night in camp.

Proverbs 18:16

A gift will get you in to see anyone.