23A bribe from the bosom the wicked taketh, To turn aside the paths of judgment.
23A bribe from the bosom the wicked taketh, To turn aside the paths of judgment.
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.
17:23A wicked [man] taketh a gift out of the bosom to pervert the ways of judgment.
17:23A wicked man accepts a bribe in secret to pervert the course of justice.
17:23The wicked man taketh gifts out of the bosom, that he may pervert the paths of judgment.
17:23A wicked man receiveth a bribe out of the bosom, To pervert the ways of justice.
17:23A wicked man taketh a gift out of the bosom, to pervert the paths of judgment.
17:23A wicked man taketh a gift out of the bosom, to pervert the ways of judgment.
17:23A wicked man taketh a gift out of the bosom to pervert the ways of judgment.
17:23A wicked man receives a bribe in secret, to pervert the ways of justice.
17:23A wicked man takes a gift out of the bosom to pervert the ways of judgment.