And thou shalt take no gift: for the gift blindeth the wise, and perverteth the words of the righteous.
Proverbs 17:23 - King James Version (Oxford) 1769 A wicked man taketh a gift out of the bosom To pervert the ways of judgment. 更多版本Amplified Bible - Classic Edition A wicked man receives a bribe out of the bosom (pocket) to pervert the ways of justice. American Standard Version (1901) A wicked man receiveth a bribe out of the bosom, 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 gift: for the gift blindeth the wise, and perverteth the words of the righteous.
A gift is as a precious stone in the eyes of him that hath it: Whithersoever it turneth, it prospereth.
thy princes are rebellious, and companions of thieves: every one loveth gifts, and followeth after rewards: they judge not the fatherless, neither doth the cause of the widow come unto them.
which justify the wicked for reward, and take away the righteousness of the righteous from him!
In thee have they taken gifts to shed blood; thou hast taken usury and increase, and thou hast greedily gained of thy neighbours by extortion, and hast forgotten me, saith the Lord GOD.
Her princes in the midst thereof are like wolves ravening the prey, to shed blood, and to destroy souls, to get dishonest gain.
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, and say, Is not the LORD among us? none evil can come upon us.
Hear this, I pray you, ye heads of the house of Jacob, and princes of the house of Israel, that abhor judgment, and pervert all equity.
That they may do evil with both hands earnestly, the prince asketh, and the judge asketh for a reward; and the great man, he uttereth his mischievous desire: so they wrap it up.
Thou shalt not wrest judgment; thou shalt not respect persons, neither take a gift: for a gift doth blind the eyes of the wise, and pervert the words of the righteous.
Behold, here I am: witness against me before the LORD, 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 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 judgment.