Proverbs 17:23
The vngodly taketh gyftes out of the bosome, to wrest the wayes of iudgement.
Bible (Bishops')
In The King James Version
A wicked man taketh a gift out of the bosom to pervert the ways of judgment.
In Context
22A mery heart make a lustie age: but a sorowfull minde dryeth vp the bones.
Cross References
Proverbs 18:16A mans gyft maketh an open way, to bryng hym before great men.
Isaiah 1:23Thy princes are wicked, and companions of theeues: they loue gyftes altogether, and gape for rewardes: As for the fatherlesse they helpe hym not to his ryght, neither wyll they let the widdowes causes come before them.
Matthew Henry on Proverbs 17:23
22 A merry heart doeth good like a medicine: but a broken spirit drieth the bones. Note, 1. It is healthful to be cheerful. The Lord is for the body, and has provided for it, not only meat, but medicine, and has here told us that the best medicine is a merry heart, not a heart addicted to vain, carnal, sensual mirth; Solomon himself said of that mirth, It is not medicine, but madness; it is not food, but poison; what doth it? But he means a heart rejoicing in God, and serving him with gladness, and then taking the… Read the whole commentary →