Proverbs 17:23
“A wicked man taketh a gift out of the bosom to pervert the ways of judgment.”
He that begetteth a fool doeth it to his sorrow: and the father of a fool hath no joy.
A merry heart doeth good like a medicine: but a broken spirit drieth the bones.
A wicked man taketh a gift out of the bosom to pervert the ways of judgment.
Wisdom is before him that hath understanding; but the eyes of a fool are in the ends of the earth.
A foolish son is a grief to his father, and bitterness to her that bare him.
Related Verses
“And thou shalt take no gift: for the gift blindeth the wise, and perverteth the words of the righteous.”
“He that justifieth the wicked, and he that condemneth the just, even they both are abomination to the Lord.”
“The king by judgment establisheth the land: but he that receiveth gifts overthroweth it.”
“It is not good to accept the person of the wicked, to overthrow the righteous in judgment.”
“A gift in secret pacifieth anger: and a reward in the bosom strong wrath.”