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Proverbs 17:23
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Proverbs 17:23
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The wicked accepts
1
a bribe in secret
[a]
to
2
pervert the ways of justice.
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He who sires a fool gets himself sorrow, and the father of a fool has no joy.
22
A joyful heart is good medicine, but a crushed spirit dries up the bones.
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The wicked accepts a bribe in secret to pervert the ways of justice.
24
The discerning sets his face toward wisdom, but the eyes of a fool are on the ends of the earth.
25
A foolish son is a grief to his father and bitterness to her who bore him.
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1.
See ver. 8
2.
[
Micah 3:11
;
Micah 7:3
]
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[a].
Hebrew a bribe from the bosom
The English Standard Version is published with the permission of Good News Publishers.