Proverbs 17:8

English Standard Version 2016

A bribe is like a magic stone in the eyes of the one who gives it; wherever he turns he prospers.

Cross References

Exodus 23:8

And you shall take no bribe, for a bribe blinds the clear-sighted and subverts the cause of those who are in the right.

Micah 7:3

Their hands are on what is evil, to do it well; the prince and the judge ask for a bribe, and the great man utters the evil desire of his soul; thus they weave it together.

Amos 5:12

For I know how many are your transgressions and how great are your sins— you who afflict the righteous, who take a bribe, and turn aside the needy in the gate.

Isaiah 1:23

Your princes are rebels and companions of thieves. Everyone loves a bribe and runs after gifts. They do not bring justice to the fatherless, and the widow’s cause does not come to them.

Proverbs 21:14

A gift in secret averts anger, and a concealed bribe, strong wrath.

Proverbs 17:23

The wicked accepts a bribe in secret to pervert the ways of justice.

1 Samuel 25:35

Then David received from her hand what she had brought him. And he said to her, “Go up in peace to your house. See, I have obeyed your voice, and I have granted your petition.”

Deuteronomy 16:19

You shall not pervert justice. You shall not show partiality, and you shall not accept a bribe, for a bribe blinds the eyes of the wise and subverts the cause of the righteous.

Genesis 43:11

Then their father Israel said to them, “If it must be so, then do this: take some of the choice fruits of the land in your bags, and carry a present down to the man, a little balm and a little honey, gum, myrrh, pistachio nuts, and almonds.

Psalm 29:4

The voice of the Lord is powerful; the voice of the Lord is full of majesty.

Psalm 21:13

Be exalted, O Lord, in your strength! We will sing and praise your power.

Psalm 19:6

Its rising is from the end of the heavens, and its circuit to the end of them, and there is nothing hidden from its heat.

Psalm 18:16

He sent from on high, he took me; he drew me out of many waters.

Ecclesiastes 7:7

Surely oppression drives the wise into madness, and a bribe corrupts the heart.

Genesis 32:14

two hundred female goats and twenty male goats, two hundred ewes and twenty rams,

Genesis 32:21

So the present passed on ahead of him, and he himself stayed that night in the camp.

Proverbs 18:16

A man’s gift makes room for him and brings him before the great.