23A bribe from the bosom the wicked taketh, To turn aside the paths of judgment.


In Context

20 The perverse of heart findeth not good, And the turned in his tongue falleth into evil.

21 Whoso is begetting a fool hath affliction for it, Yea, the father of a fool rejoiceth not.

22 A rejoicing heart doth good to the body, And a smitten spirit drieth the bone.

23 A bribe from the bosom the wicked taketh, To turn aside the paths of judgment.

24 The face of the intelligent is to wisdom, And the eyes of a fool — at the end of the earth.

25 A provocation to his father is a foolish son, And bitterness to her that bare him.

Proverbs 17:23 in Other Translations

The King James Version of the Holy Bible

17:23A wicked [man] taketh a gift out of the bosom to pervert the ways of judgment.

The New International Version of the Holy Bible

17:23A wicked man accepts a bribe in secret to pervert the course of justice.

The Douay-Rheims Version of the Holy Bible

17:23The wicked man taketh gifts out of the bosom, that he may pervert the paths of judgment.

The American Standard Version of the Holy Bible

17:23A wicked man receiveth a bribe out of the bosom, To pervert the ways of justice.

The Darby Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

17:23A wicked man taketh a gift out of the bosom, to pervert the paths of judgment.

The English Revised Version of the Holy Bible

17:23A wicked man taketh a gift out of the bosom, to pervert the ways of judgment.

The Webster Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

17:23A wicked man taketh a gift out of the bosom to pervert the ways of judgment.

The World English Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

17:23A wicked man receives a bribe in secret, to pervert the ways of justice.

The American King James Version of the Holy Bible

17:23A wicked man takes a gift out of the bosom to pervert the ways of judgment.