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Proverbs 17:8

A gift is as a precious stone in the eyes of him that hath it: whithersoever it turneth, it prospereth.

KJV

Gemma gratissima exspectatio præstolantis ; quocumque se vertit, prudenter intelligit.

Vulgate

μισθὸς χαρίτων παιδεία τοῖς χρωμένοις, οὗ δ’ ἂν ἐπιστρέψῃ, εὐοδωθήσεται.

LXX

A bribe isasa precious stone in the eyes of him that hath it; Whithersoever it turneth, it prospereth.

ASV

אֶֽבֶן חֵ֣ן הַ֭/שֹּׁחַד בְּ/עֵינֵ֣י בְעָלָ֑י/ו אֶֽל כָּל אֲשֶׁ֖ר יִפְנֶ֣ה יַשְׂכִּֽיל

Hebrew

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In the original Hebrew

10 distinct Hebrew words appear in this verse.

אֲשֶׁר
'shr
particle · 5461×
אֶ֣בֶן
'bn
noun · 267×
אֶל
'l
preposition · 5475×
ו
v
noun · 83×
חֵ֖ן
chn
noun · 69×
יִּ֤פֶן
ypn
verb · 135×
ךָ
k
noun · 894×
כָּל
kl
noun · 5376×
מַשְׂכִּ֑יל
mshkyl
verb · 63×
שֹׁ֔חַד
shchd
noun · 23×

Historic Christian voices

3 passages from patristic writers, Reformers, and church catechisms citing this verse.

Cross-references

  • 1Sam 25:35 — So David received of her hand that which she had brought him, and said unto her, Go up in peace to thine house; see, I have hearkened to thy voice, and have accepted thy person.
  • Amos 5:12 — For I know your manifold transgressions and your mighty sins: they afflict the just, they take a bribe, and they turn aside the poor in the gate from their right.
  • 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.
  • 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.
  • Gen 32:13 — And he lodged there that same night; and took of that which came to his hand a present for Esau his brother;
  • 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.
  • 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 17:23 — A wicked man taketh a gift out of the bosom to pervert the ways of judgment.
  • Prov 17:23 — A wicked man taketh a gift out of the bosom to pervert the ways of judgment.
  • Prov 18:16 — A man’s gift maketh room for him, and bringeth him before great men.
  • Prov 19:6 — Many will intreat the favour of the prince: and every man is a friend to him that giveth gifts.
  • Prov 21:14 — A gift in secret pacifieth anger: and a reward in the bosom strong wrath.