Proverbs 17:23

God's Word

A wicked person secretly accepts a bribe to corrupt the ways of justice.

Cross References

Exodus 23:8

Never take a bribe, because bribes blind those who can see and deny justice to those who are in the right.

Proverbs 17:8

A bribe seems ⌞like⌟ a jewel to the one who gives it. Wherever he turns, he prospers.

Proverbs 18:16

A gift opens doors for the one who gives it and brings him into the presence of great people.

Proverbs 21:14

A gift ⌞given⌟ in secret calms anger, and a secret bribe calms great fury.

Ecclesiastes 7:7

Oppression can turn a wise person into a fool, and a bribe can corrupt the mind.

Isaiah 1:23

Your rulers are rebels, friends with thieves. They all love bribes and run after gifts. They never defend orphans. They don’t notice the widows’ pleas.

Isaiah 5:23

who declare the guilty innocent for a bribe, who take away the rights of righteous people.

Ezekiel 22:12

Other people take bribes to murder people. You collect interest and make excessive profits. You make profits by mistreating your neighbors. You have forgotten me, declares the Almighty Lord.

Ezekiel 22:27

Your leaders are like wolves that tear their prey into pieces. They murder and destroy people to make excessive profits.

Micah 3:11

Your leaders exchange justice for bribes. Your priests teach for a price. Your prophets tell the future for money. But they rely on the Lord when they say, “After all, the Lord is with us. Nothing bad will happen to us.”

Micah 3:9

Listen to this, you leaders of the descendants of Jacob, you rulers of the nation of Israel. You despise justice and pervert everything that is right.

Micah 7:3

Their hands are skilled in doing evil. Officials ask for gifts. Judges accept bribes. Powerful people dictate what they want. So they scheme together.

Deuteronomy 16:19

Never pervert justice. Instead, be impartial. Never take a bribe, because bribes blind wise people and deny justice to those who are in the right.

1 Samuel 12:3

Here I am. Testify against me in front of the Lord and in front of his anointed king. Did I take anyone’s ox? Did I take anyone’s donkey? Did I cheat or oppress anyone? Did I take a bribe from anyone to look the other way? ⌞If so,⌟ I will give it all back.”

1 Samuel 8:3

The sons didn’t follow their father’s example but turned to dishonest ways of making money. They took bribes and denied people justice.