Proverbs 17:23
A wicked man taketh a gift out of the bosom to pervert the ways of judgment.
KJV
Munera de sinu impius accipit, ut pervertat semitas judicii.
Vulgate
λαμβάνοντος δῶρα ἐν κόλποις ἀδίκως οὐ κατευοδοῦνται ὁδοί, ἀσεβὴς δὲ ἐκκλίνει ὁδοὺς δικαιοσύνης.
LXX
A wicked man receiveth a bribe out of the bosom, To pervert the ways of justice.
ASV
שֹׁ֣חַד מֵ֭/חֵיק רָשָׁ֣ע יִקָּ֑ח לְ֝/הַטּ֗וֹת אָרְח֥וֹת מִשְׁפָּֽט
Hebrew
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In the original Hebrew
7 distinct Hebrew words appear in this verse.
אֹ֣רַח
'rch
noun · 60×
י
y
noun · 422×
יִּקַּ֣ח
yqch
verb · 963×
ךָ
k
noun · 38×
נָטִ֤יתִי
ntyty
verb · 216×
רְשָׁעִ֣ים
rsh'ym
adjective · 257×
שֹׁ֔חַד
shchd
noun · 23×
Historic Christian voices
4 passages from patristic writers, Reformers, and church catechisms citing this verse.
Cross-references
- Acts 24:26 — He hoped also that money should have been given him of Paul, that he might loose him: wherefore he sent for him the oftener, and communed with him.
- Deut 16:19 — 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.
- Deut 16:19 — 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.
- Deut 27:19 — Cursed be he that perverteth the judgment of the stranger, fatherless, and widow. And all the people shall say, Amen.
- Eccl 7:7 — Surely oppression maketh a wise man mad; and a gift destroyeth the heart.
- Exod 23:8 — And thou shalt take no gift: for the gift blindeth the wise, and perverteth the words of the righteous.
- Exod 23:8 — And thou shalt take no gift: for the gift blindeth the wise, and perverteth the words of the righteous.
- Isa 1:23 — 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.
- Isa 5:23 — Which justify the wicked for reward, and take away the righteousness of the righteous from him!
- Mic 7:3 — 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.
- Prov 17:8 — A gift is as a precious stone in the eyes of him that hath it: whithersoever it turneth, it prospereth.
- Prov 17:8 — A gift is as a precious stone in the eyes of him that hath it: whithersoever it turneth, it prospereth.