Strong's Hebrew English Morphology 7810 [e] שֹׁ֣חַד šō-ḥaḏ A bribe N-ms 2436 [e] מֵ֭חֵיק mê-ḥêq behind the back Prep-m | N-msc 7563 [e] רָשָׁ֣ע rā-šā‘ a wicked [man] Adj-ms 3947 [e] יִקָּ֑ח yiq-qāḥ; accepts V-Qal-Imperf-3ms 5186 [e] לְ֝הַטּ֗וֹת lə-haṭ-ṭō-wṯ, to pervert Prep-l | V-Hifil-Inf 734 [e] אָרְח֥וֹת ’ā-rə-ḥō-wṯ the ways N-cpc 4941 [e] מִשְׁפָּֽט׃ miš-pāṭ. of justice N-ms

New American Standard Bible
A wicked man receives a bribe from the bosom To pervert the ways of justice.

King James Bible
A wicked man taketh a gift out of the bosom to pervert the ways of judgment.

Holman Christian Standard Bible
A wicked man secretly takes a bribe to subvert the course of justice.

Proverbs 17:8 A gift is as a precious stone in the eyes of him that has it: wherever …

Proverbs 18:16 A man's gift makes room for him, and brings him before great men.

Proverbs 21:14 A gift in secret pacifies anger: and a reward in the bosom strong wrath.

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 …

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

Ezekiel 22:12 In you have they taken gifts to shed blood; you have taken usury and increase…

Micah 7:3 That they may do evil with both hands earnestly, the prince asks, …

Mark 14:10,11 And Judas Iscariot, one of the twelve, went to the chief priests, …

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