Proverbs 17:23

Wycliffe's Bible with Modern Spelling

A wicked man taketh gifts from the bosom, to mis-turn the paths of doom.

Cross References

Exodus 23:8

Take thou not gifts, that blind, yea, prudent men, and destroy the words of just [or rightwise] men.

Proverbs 17:8

A precious stone most acceptable is the abiding of him that seeketh; whither ever he turneth himself, he understandeth prudently.

Proverbs 18:16

The gift of a man alargeth his way; and maketh space to him before princes.

Proverbs 21:14

A gift hid quencheth chidings; and a gift in [the] bosom quencheth most indignation.

Ecclesiastes 7:7

False challenge troubleth a wise man, and it shall lose the strength of his heart.

Isaiah 1:23

Thy princes be unfaithful, the fellows of thieves; all love gifts, and follow yieldings, either meeds; they deem not to a fatherless child, and the cause of a widow entereth not to them.

Isaiah 5:23

and ye justify a wicked man for gifts, and ye take away the rightful-ness [or rightwiseness] of a just [or rightwise] man from him.

Ezekiel 22:12

They took gifts of thee, to shed out blood; thou tookest usury and over-abundance, and thou challengedest greedily thy neighbours, and thou hast forgotten me, saith the Lord God.

Ezekiel 22:27

The princes thereof in the midst thereof were as wolves ravishing prey, to shed out blood, and to lose men, and in following lucres greedily.

Micah 3:11

The princes thereof deemed for gifts, and [the] priests thereof taught for hire, and the prophets thereof divined for money; and on the Lord they rested, and said, Whether the Lord is not in the middle of us? evils shall not come on us.

Micah 3:9

Hear these things, ye princes of the house of Jacob, and doomsmen of the house of Israel, which loathe doom, and pervert all right things;

Micah 7:3

The evil of their hands they say good; the prince asketh, and the doomsman is in yielding; and a great man spake the desire of his soul, and they troubled altogether it.

Deuteronomy 16:19

and bow they not into the other part for favour, either gift. Thou shalt not take a person, neither gifts, for why gifts blind the eyes of wise men, and change the words of just [or rightwise] men.

1 Samuel 12:3

And lo! I am ready; speak ye to me before the Lord, and before the christ of him or his anointed, or king; whether I have taken any man’s ox, either his ass; if I have falsely challenged any man; if I have oppressed any man; if I have taken gift of any man’s hand; I shall despise it today, and I shall restore to you.

1 Samuel 8:3

And his sons went not in his ways, but they bowed after avarice, and they took gifts, and perverted doom.