Proverbs 17:23

Christian Standard Bible Anglicised

A wicked person secretly takes a bribe to subvert the course of justice.

Cross References

Micah 7:3

Both hands are good  at accomplishing evil: the official and the judge demand a bribe; when the powerful man communicates his evil desire, they plot it together.

Proverbs 17:8

A bribe  seems like a magic stone to its owner; wherever he turns, he succeeds.

Exodus 23:8

You must not take a bribe,  for a bribe blinds the clear-sighted and corrupts the words  of the righteous.

Deuteronomy 16:19

Do not deny justice or show partiality to anyone. Do not accept a bribe, for it blinds the eyes of the wise and twists the words of the righteous.

Micah 3:11

Her leaders issue rulings for a bribe, her priests teach for payment, and her prophets practise divination for silver. Yet they lean on the  Lord, saying, ‘Isn’t the Lord   among us? No disaster will overtake us.’

Ezekiel 22:12

People who live in you accept bribes in order to shed blood.  You take interest and profit on a loan and brutally extort your neighbours.  You have forgotten me.  This is the declaration of the Lord God.

Isaiah 1:23

Your rulers are rebels, friends of thieves. They all love graft and chase after bribes. They do not defend the rights of the fatherless, and the widow’s case never comes before them.

Proverbs 21:14

A secret gift soothes anger, and a covert bribe, fierce rage.

Proverbs 18:16

A person’s gift opens doors  for him and brings him before the great.

1 Samuel 12:3

Here I am. Bring charges against me before the Lord and his anointed: Whose ox or donkey have I taken?  Who have I wronged or mistreated? Who gave me a bribe to overlook something?  , I will return it to you.’

1 Samuel 8:3

However, his sons did not walk in his ways #– #they turned towards dishonest profit, took bribes, and perverted justice.

Ecclesiastes 7:7

Surely, the practice of extortion turns a wise person into a fool, and a bribe corrupts the mind.

Isaiah 5:23

who acquit the guilty for a bribe and deprive the innocent of justice.

Ezekiel 22:27

‘Her officials within her are like wolves tearing their prey, shedding blood, and destroying lives in order to make profit dishonestly.

Micah 3:9

Listen to this, leaders of the house of Jacob, you rulers of the house of Israel, who abhor justice and pervert everything that is right,