Proverbs 17:23
“A wicked man taketh a gift out of the bosome, to peruert the wayes of iudgement.”
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Proverbs 17:23 Context
21He that begetteth a foole, doth it to his sorrow: and the father of a foole hath no ioy. 22A merrie heart doth good like a medicine: but a broken spirit drieth the bones. 23A wicked man taketh a gift out of the bosome, to peruert the wayes of iudgement. 24Wisedome is before him that hath vnderstanding: but the eyes of a foole are in the ends of the earth. 25A foolish sonne is a griefe to his father, & bitternes to her that bare him.
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A wicked [man] taketh a gift out of the bosom to pervert the ways of judgment.
- King James Version
A wicked man receives a bribe from the bosom To pervert the ways of justice.
- New American Standard Version (1995)