Proverbs 17:23 KJV

Proverbs · chapter 17 · verse 23 · King James Version

A wicked man taketh a gift out of the bosom to pervert the ways of judgment.Proverbs 17:23 · King James Version

Proverbs 17:23 in context

21He that begetteth a fool doeth it to his sorrow: and the father of a fool hath no joy.

22A merry heart doeth good like a medicine: but a broken spirit drieth the bones.

23A wicked man taketh a gift out of the bosom to pervert the ways of judgment.

24Wisdom is before him that hath understanding; but the eyes of a fool are in the ends of the earth.

25A foolish son is a grief to his father, and bitterness to her that bare him.