Proverbs 17:23

New Messianic Version Bible

A wicked [man] takes a gift out of the bosom to pervert the ways of judgment.

Cross References

Micah 7:3

That they may do evil with both hands earnestly, the prince asks, and the judge [asks] for a reward; and the great [man], he utters his mischievous desire: so they wrap it up.

Proverbs 17:8

A gift [is as] a precious stone in the eyes of him that has it: to wherever it turns, it prospers.

Exodus 23:8

And youi shall take no gift: for the gift blinds the wise, and perverts the words of the righteous.

Deuteronomy 16:19

youi shall not wrest judgment; youi shall not respect persons, neither take a gift: for a gift does blind the eyes of the wise, and pervert the words of the righteous.

Micah 3:11

The heads thereof judge for reward, and the priests thereof teach for hire, and the prophets thereof divine for money: yet will they lean upon the Lord-Yehōvah (Messiah Pre-Incarnate), and say, [Is] not the Lord-Yehōvah (Messiah Pre-Incarnate) among us? none evil can come upon us.

Ezekiel 22:12

In youi have they taken gifts to shed blood; youi have taken usury (interest paid for using money) and increase, and youi have greedily gained of youri neighbours by extortion, and have forgotten me, says the Lord-Adonai [Greatest Above All Things] GOD-Yehōvih (THE FATHER).

Isaiah 1:23

Your1s princes [are] rebellious, and companions of thieves: everyone loves gifts, and follows after rewards: they defend not the fatherless, neither does the cause of the widow come unto them.

Proverbs 21:14

A gift in secret pacifies anger: and a reward in the bosom strong wrath.

Proverbs 18:16

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

1 Samuel 12:3

Behold, here I [am]: witness against me before the Lord-Yehōvah (Messiah Pre-Incarnate), and before his anointed: whose ox have I taken? or whose ass have I taken? or whom have I defrauded? whom have I oppressed? or of whose hand have I received [any] bribe to blind my eyes with that? and I will restore it you.

1 Samuel 8:3

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

Ecclesiastes 7:7

Surely oppression makes a wise man mad; and a gift destroys the heart.

Isaiah 5:23

Which justify the wicked for bribe, and take away the rights of those who are right! (deny justice to the righteous!)

Ezekiel 22:27

Her princes in the midst thereof [are] like wolves ravening (preying upon to devour) the prey, to shed blood, [and] to destroy souls, to get dishonest gain.

Micah 3:9

Hear this, I pray you, you2f heads of the house of Ya’akov [Heal of God], and princes of the house of Yisra’el [He Holds Onto The Heel Of God], that abhor judgment, and pervert all equity.