Proverbs 17:23

New American Bible - revised edition

A guilty person takes out a bribe from the pocket, thus perverting the course of justice.

Cross References

Exodus 23:8

Never take a bribe, for a bribe blinds the clear-sighted and distorts the words of the just.

Proverbs 17:8

A bribe seems a charm to its user; at every turn it brings success.

Proverbs 18:16

Gifts clear the way for people, winning access to the great.

Proverbs 21:14

A secret gift allays anger, and a present concealed, violent wrath.

Ecclesiastes 7:7

Extortion can make a fool out of the wise, and a bribe corrupts the heart.

Isaiah 1:23

Your princes are rebels and comrades of thieves; Each one of them loves a bribe and looks for gifts. The fatherless they do not defend, the widow’s plea does not reach them.

Isaiah 5:23

Those who acquit the guilty for bribes, and deprive the innocent of justice!

Ezekiel 22:12

There are those in you who take bribes to shed blood. You exact interest and usury; you extort profit from your neighbor by violence. But me you have forgotten—oracle of the Lord God.

Ezekiel 22:27

Within her, her officials are like wolves tearing prey, shedding blood and destroying lives to extort profit.

Micah 3:11

Its leaders render judgment for a bribe, the priests teach for pay, the prophets divine for money, While they rely on the Lord, saying, “Is not the Lord in the midst of us? No evil can come upon us!”

Micah 3:9

Hear this, you leaders of the house of Jacob, you rulers of the house of Israel! You who abhor justice, and pervert all that is right;

Micah 7:3

Their hands succeed at evil; the prince makes demands, The judge is bought for a price, the powerful speak as they please.

Deuteronomy 16:19

You must not distort justice: you shall not show partiality; you shall not take a bribe, for a bribe blinds the eyes even of the wise and twists the words even of the just.

1 Samuel 12:3

Here I stand! Answer me in the presence of the Lord and the Lord’s anointed. Whose ox have I taken? Whose donkey have I taken? Whom have I cheated? Whom have I wronged? From whom have I accepted a bribe and shut my eyes because of it? I will make restitution to you.”

1 Samuel 8:3

His sons did not follow his example, but looked to their own gain, accepting bribes and perverting justice.