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Proverbs 17:23
A bribe out of his bosom, doth a lawless man take, to pervert the ways of justice.
Proverbs 17:23 · Rotherham Emphasised Bible
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Proverbs 17:23 in other translations
A wicked man taketh a gift out of the bosom to pervert the ways of judgment.
A wicked man takes a covert bribe to subvert the course of justice.
A wicked man receives a bribe in secret, to pervert the ways of justice.
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In context
20 The crooked in heart, shall not find good, and, he that is perverse with his tongue, shall fall into wickedness.
21 He that begetteth a dullard, it is to his own grief, neither can the father of the base, rejoice.
22 A joyful heart, worketh an excellent cure,—but, a stricken spirit, drieth up the bone.
23 A bribe out of his bosom, doth a lawless man take, to pervert the ways of justice.
24 Before the face of the discerning, is wisdom, but, the eyes of a dullard, are in the ends of the earth.
25 A vexation to his father, is the son that is a dullard, and a bitterness, to her that bare him.
26 Surely, to chastise the righteous, is not good, to smite the noble-minded for equity.
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