Proverbs 17:8

New Century Version

Some people think they can pay others to do anything they ask. They think it will work every time.

Cross References

Exodus 23:8

“You must not accept money from a person who wants you to lie in court, because such money will not let you see what is right. Such money makes good people tell lies.

Micah 7:3

With both hands they are doing evil. Rulers ask for money, and judges’ decisions are bought for a price. Rich people tell what they want, and they get it.

Amos 5:12

I know your many crimes, your terrible sins. You hurt people who do right, you take money to do wrong, and you keep the poor from getting justice in court.

Isaiah 1:23

Your rulers are rebels and friends of thieves. They all accept money for doing wrong, and they are paid to cheat people. They don’t seek justice for the orphans or listen to the widows’ needs.

Proverbs 21:14

A secret gift will calm an angry person; a present given in secrecy will quiet great anger.

Proverbs 17:23

When the wicked accept money to do wrong there can be no justice.

1 Samuel 25:35

Then David accepted Abigail’s gifts. He told her, “Go home in peace. I have heard your words, and I will do what you have asked.”

Deuteronomy 16:19

Do not judge unfairly or take sides. Do not let people pay you to make wrong decisions, because that kind of payment makes wise people seem blind, and it changes the words of good people.

Genesis 43:11

Then their father Jacob said to them, “If it has to be that way, then do this: Take some of the best foods in our land in your packs. Give them to the man as a gift: some balm, some honey, spices, myrrh, pistachio nuts, and almonds.

Psalm 29:4

The Lord’s voice is powerful; the Lord’s voice is majestic.

Psalm 21:13

Be supreme, Lord, in your power. We sing and praise your greatness.

Psalm 19:6

The sun rises at one end of the sky and follows its path to the other end. Nothing hides from its heat.

Psalm 18:16

The Lord reached down from above and took me; he pulled me from the deep water.

Ecclesiastes 7:7

Even wise people are fools if they let money change their thinking.

Genesis 32:14

two hundred female goats and twenty male goats, two hundred female sheep and twenty male sheep,

Genesis 32:21

So Jacob sent the gifts to Esau, but he himself stayed that night in the camp.

Proverbs 18:16

Taking gifts to important people will help get you in to see them.