Proverbs 17:23
The wicked man taketh a gift out of the bosom, To pervert the ways of judgment.
Noyes Bible
In The King James Version
A wicked man taketh a gift out of the bosom to pervert the ways of judgment.
In Context
22A merry heart doeth good to the body; But a broken spirit drieth up the bones.
Cross References
Proverbs 18:16A gift maketh room for a man, And bringeth him into the presence of the great.
Isaiah 1:23Thy princes are faithless, companions of thieves; Every one of them loveth gifts, and seeketh rewards; They render not justice to the fatherless, And the cause of the widow cometh not before them.
Ezekiel 22:12In thee do they take a reward to shed blood. Thou takest usury and increase, and thou hast enriched thyself from thy neighbor by extortion, and hast forgotten me, saith the Lord Jehovah.
Micah 3:9O hear this, ye heads of the house of Jacob, And ye leaders of the house of Israel, Who abhor justice, And pervert all equity,
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 →