Proverbs 17:23

Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version

The wicked man taketh gifts out of the bosom, that he may pervert the paths of judgment.

Cross References

Micah 7:3

The evil of their hands they call good: the prince requireth, and the judge is for giving: and the great man hath uttered the desire of his soul, and they have troubled it.

Proverbs 17:8

The expectation of him that expecteth, is a most acceptable jewel: whithersoever he turneth himself, he understandeth wisely.

Exodus 23:8

Neither shalt thou take bribes, which even blind the wise, and pervert the words of the just.

Deuteronomy 16:19

And not go aside to either part. Thou shalt not accept person nor gifts: for gifts blind the eyes of the wise, and change the words of the just.

Micah 3:11

Her princes have judged for bribes, and her priests have taught for hire, and her prophets divined for money: and they leaned upon the Lord, saying: Is not the Lord in the midst of us? no evil shall come upon us.

Ezekiel 22:12

They have taken gifts in thee to shed blood: thou hast taken usury and increase and hast covetously oppressed thy neighbours: and then hast forgotten me, saith the Lord God.

Isaiah 1:23

Thy princes are faithless, companions of thieves: they all love bribes, the run after rewards. They judge not for the fatherless: and the widow's cometh not in to them.

Proverbs 21:14

A secret present quencheth anger: and a gift in the bosom the greatest wrath.

Proverbs 18:16

A man's gift enlargeth his may, and maketh him room before princes.

1 Samuel 12:3

Speak of me before the Lord, and before his anointed, whether I have taken any man's ox, or ass: If I have wronged any man: If I have oppressed any man: If I have taken a bribe at any man's hand: and I will despise it this day, and will restore it to you.

1 Samuel 8:3

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

Ecclesiastes 7:7

For as the crackling of thorns burning under a pot, so is the laughter of a fool: now this also is vanity.

Isaiah 5:23

That justify the wicked for gifts, and take away the justice of the just from him.

Ezekiel 22:27

Her princes in the midst of her are like wolves ravening the prey to shed blood and to destroy souls and to run after gains through covetousness.

Micah 3:9

Hear this, ye princes of the house of Jacob, and ye judges of the house of Israel: you that abhor judgment, and pervert all that is right.