Proverbs 17:23
A wicked taketh a gift out of the bosom to pervert the ways of judgment.
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Context
21 He that begetteth a fool to his sorrow: and the father of a fool has no joy.
22 A merry heart does good a medicine: but a broken spirit drieth the bones.
23 A wicked taketh a gift out of the bosom to pervert the ways of judgment.
24 Wisdom before him that has understanding; but the eyes of a fool in the ends of the earth.
25 A foolish son a grief to his father, and bitterness to her that bare him.