NASB
"A wicked man receives a bribe from the bosom To pervert the ways of justice."
— Proverbs 17:23, NASB
“A wicked man taketh a gift out of the bosom to pervert the ways of judgment.”
He who has a crooked mind finds no good, And he who is perverted in his language falls into evil.
He who sires a fool does so to his sorrow, And the father of a fool has no joy.
A joyful heart is good medicine, But a broken spirit dries up the bones.
A wicked man receives a bribe from the bosom To pervert the ways of justice.
Wisdom is in the presence of the one who has understanding, But the eyes of a fool are on the ends of the earth.
A foolish son is a grief to his father And bitterness to her who bore him.
It is also not good to fine the righteous, Nor to strike the noble for their uprightness.