Proverbs 17:23
A wickid man takith yiftis fro the bosum, to mys turne the pathis of doom.
Bible (Wycliffe)
In The King James Version
A wicked man taketh a gift out of the bosom to pervert the ways of judgment.
In Context
22A ioiful soule makith likinge age; a sorewful spirit makith drie boonys.
24Wisdom schyneth in the face of a prudent man; the iyen of foolis ben in the endis of erthe.
Cross References
Deuteronomy 16:19and bowe not in `to the tother part for fauour, ethir yifte `ayens equete. Thou schalt not take persoone nether yiftis, for whi yiftis blynden the iyen of wise men, `and chaungen the wordis of iust men.
Proverbs 18:16The yift of a man alargith his weie; and makith space to hym bifore princes.
Isaiah 1:23Thi princes ben vnfeithful, the felowis of theuys; alle louen yiftis, suen meedis; thei demen not to a fadirles child, and the cause of a widewe entrith not to hem.
Ezekiel 22:12Thei token yiftis at thee, to schede out blood; thou tokist vsure and ouerabundaunce, and thou calengidist greedili thi neiyboris, and thou hast foryete me, seith the Lord God.