And thou shalt take no bribe: for a bribe blindeth them that have sight, and perverteth the words of the righteous.
Proverbs 17:23 - American Standard Version (1901) A wicked man receiveth a bribe out of the bosom, To pervert the ways of justice. 更多版本King James Version (Oxford) 1769 A wicked man taketh a gift out of the bosom To pervert the ways of judgment. Amplified Bible - Classic Edition A wicked man receives a bribe out of the bosom (pocket) to pervert the ways of justice. Common English Bible The wicked take secret bribes to twist the way of justice. Catholic Public Domain Version The impious receives gifts from the bosom, so that he may pervert the paths of judgment. Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version The wicked man taketh gifts out of the bosom, that he may pervert the paths of judgment. English Standard Version 2016 The wicked accepts a bribe in secret to pervert the ways of justice. |
And thou shalt take no bribe: for a bribe blindeth them that have sight, and perverteth the words of the righteous.
A bribe is as a precious stone in the eyes of him that hath it; Whithersoever it turneth, it prospereth.
Surely extortion maketh the wise man foolish; and a bribe destroyeth the understanding.
Thy princes are rebellious, and companions of thieves; every one loveth bribes, and followeth after rewards: they judge not the fatherless, neither doth the cause of the widow come unto them.
that justify the wicked for a bribe, and take away the righteousness of the righteous from him!
In thee have they taken bribes to shed blood; thou hast taken interest and increase, and thou hast greedily gained of thy neighbors by oppression, and hast forgotten me, saith the Lord Jehovah.
Her princes in the midst thereof are like wolves ravening the prey, to shed blood, and to destroy souls, that they may get dishonest gain.
The heads thereof judge for reward, and the priests thereof teach for hire, and the prophets thereof divine for money: yet they lean upon Jehovah, and say, Is not Jehovah in the midst of us? no evil shall come upon us.
Hear this, I pray you, ye heads of the house of Jacob, and rulers of the house of Israel, that abhor justice, and pervert all equity.
Their hands are upon that which is evil to do it diligently; the prince asketh, and the judge is ready for a reward; and the great man, he uttereth the evil desire of his soul: thus they weave it together.
Thou shalt not wrest justice: thou shalt not respect persons; neither shalt thou take a bribe; for a bribe doth blind the eyes of the wise, and pervert the words of the righteous.
Here I am: witness against me before Jehovah, 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 taken a ransom to blind mine eyes therewith? and I will restore it you.
And his sons walked not in his ways, but turned aside after lucre, and took bribes, and perverted justice.