NET Bible
"A wicked person receives a bribe secretly to pervert the ways of justice."
— Proverbs 17:23, NET Bible
“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.”
“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.”
The one who has a perverse heart does not find good, and the one who is deceitful in speech falls into trouble.
Whoever brings a fool into the world does so to his grief, and the father of a fool has no joy.
A cheerful heart brings good healing, but a crushed spirit dries up the bones.
A wicked person receives a bribe secretly to pervert the ways of justice.
Wisdom is directly in front of the discerning person, but the eyes of a fool run to the ends of the earth.
A foolish child is a grief to his father, and bitterness to the mother who bore him.
It is terrible to punish a righteous person, and to flog honorable men is wrong.