Strong's Hebrew English Morphology 3588 [e] כִּ֥י kî Surely Conj 6233 [e] הָעֹ֖שֶׁק hā-‘ō-šeq oppression Art | N-ms 1984 [e] יְהוֹלֵ֣ל yə-hō-w-lêl destroys reason V-Piel-Imperf-3ms 2450 [e] חָכָ֑ם ḥā-ḵām; a wise [man's] Adj-ms 6 [e] וִֽיאַבֵּ֥ד wî-’ab-bêḏ and debases Conj-w | V-Piel-ConjImperf-3ms 853 [e] אֶת־ ’eṯ- - DirObjM 3820 [e] לֵ֖ב lêḇ the heart N-ms 4979 [e] מַתָּנָֽה׃ mat-tā-nāh. a bribe N-fs

New American Standard Bible
For oppression makes a wise man mad, And a bribe corrupts the heart.

King James Bible
Surely oppression maketh a wise man mad; and a gift destroyeth the heart.

Holman Christian Standard Bible
Surely, the practice of extortion turns a wise person into a fool, and a bribe destroys the mind.

oppression

Deuteronomy 28:33,34,65 The fruit of your land, and all your labors, shall a nation which …

a gift

Exodus 23:8 And you shall take no gift: for the gift blinds the wise, and perverts …

Deuteronomy 16:19 You shall not wrest judgment; you shall not respect persons, neither …

1 Samuel 8:3 And his sons walked not in his ways, but turned aside after lucre, …

1 Samuel 12:3 Behold, here I am: witness against me before the LORD, and before …

Proverbs 17:23 A wicked man takes a gift out of the bosom to pervert the ways of judgment.

Isaiah 1:23 Your princes are rebellious, and companions of thieves: every one …

Isaiah 33:15 He that walks righteously, and speaks uprightly; he that despises …

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