Proverbs 17:23

Young's Literal Translation 1862

A bribe from the bosom the wicked taketh, To turn aside the paths of judgment.

Cross References

Exodus 23:8

`And a bribe thou dost not take; for the bribe bindeth the open-`eyed', and perverteth the words of the righteous.

Proverbs 17:8

A stone of grace `is' the bribe in the eyes of its possessors, Whithersoever it turneth, it prospereth.

Proverbs 18:16

The gift of a man maketh room for him, And before the great it leadeth him.

Proverbs 21:14

A gift in secret pacifieth anger, And a bribe in the bosom strong fury.

Ecclesiastes 7:7

Surely oppression maketh the wise mad, And a gift destroyeth the heart.

Isaiah 1:23

Thy princes `are' apostates, and companions of thieves, Every one loving a bribe, and pursuing rewards, The fatherless they judge not, And the plea of the widow cometh not to them.

Isaiah 5:23

Declaring righteous the wicked for a bribe, And the righteousness of the righteous They turn aside from him.

Ezekiel 22:12

A bribe they have taken in thee to shed blood, Usury and increase thou hast taken, And cuttest off thy neighbour by oppression, And Me thou hast forgotten, An affirmation of the Lord Jehovah!

Ezekiel 22:27

Its princes in its midst `are' as wolves, Tearing prey, to shed blood, to destroy souls, For the sake of gaining dishonest gain.

Micah 3:11

Her heads for a bribe do judge, And her priests for hire do teach, And her prophets for silver divine, And on Jehovah they lean, saying, `Is not Jehovah in our midst? Evil doth not come in upon us.'

Micah 3:9

Hear this, I pray you, heads of the house of Jacob, And ye judges of the house of Israel, Who are making judgment abominable, And all uprightness do pervert.

Micah 7:3

On the evil `are' both hands to do `it' well, The prince is asking -- also the judge -- for recompence, And the great -- he is speaking the mischief of his soul, And they wrap it up.

Deuteronomy 16:19

Thou dost not turn aside judgment; thou dost not discern faces, nor take a bribe, for the bribe blindeth the eyes of the wise, and perverteth the words of the righteous.

1 Samuel 12:3

`Lo, here `am' I; testify against me, over-against Jehovah, and over-against His anointed; whose ox have I taken, and whose ass have I taken, and whom have I oppressed; whom have I bruised, and of whose hand have I taken a ransom, and hide mine eyes with it? -- and I restore to you.'

1 Samuel 8:3

and his sons have not walked in his ways, and turn aside after the dishonest gain, and take a bribe, and turn aside judgment.