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.
Cross-References
“And thou shalt take no gift: for the gift blindeth the wise, and perverteth the words of the righteous.”
“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.”
“Surely oppression maketh a wise man mad; and a gift destroyeth the heart.”
“The heads thereof judge for reward, and the priests thereof teach for hire, and the prophets thereof divine for money: yet will they lean upon the Lord, and say, Is not the Lord among us? none evil can come upon us.”
“A gift is as a precious stone in the eyes of him that hath it: whithersoever it turneth, it prospereth.”