Catholic Public Domain Version
"The impious receives gifts from the bosom, so that he may pervert the paths of judgment. "
— Proverbs 17:23, Catholic Public Domain Version
“A wicked man taketh a gift out of the bosom to pervert the ways of judgment.”
“A wicked man receiveth a bribe out of the bosom, To pervert the ways of justice. ”
“A wicked man receives a bribe in secret, to pervert the ways of justice.”
“A wicked person receives a bribe secretly to pervert the ways of justice.”
“The wicked man taketh gifts out of the bosom, that he may pervert the paths of judgment.”
“A sinner takes an offering out of his robe, to get a decision for himself in a cause.”
“A wicked man taketh a gift out of the bosom to pervert the ways of judgment.”
Whoever is of a perverse heart shall not find good. And whoever turns his tongue shall fall into evil.
A foolish one is born into his own disgrace. But his father will not rejoice in one who is senseless.
A joyful soul makes a lifetime flourish. A gloomy spirit dries out the bones.
The impious receives gifts from the bosom, so that he may pervert the paths of judgment.
Prudence shines from the face of the wise. The eyes of the foolish are on the ends of the earth.
A foolish son is the anger of the father and the grief of the mother who conceived him.
It is not good to inflict damage on the just, nor to strike the leader who judges uprightly.