Proverbs 17:23

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

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Genesis 32:20
And say ye moreover, Behold, thy servant Jacob is behind us. For he said, I will appease him with the present that goeth before me, and afterward I will see his face; peradventure he will accept of me.

Genesis 43:11
And their father Israel said unto them, If it must be so now, do this; take of the best fruits in the land in your vessels, and carry down to the man a present, a little balm, and a little honey, spices, and myrrh, nuts, and almonds:

1 Samuel 25:35
So David received of her hand that which she had brought him, and said unto her, Go up in peace to thine house; see, I have hearkened to thy voice, and have accepted thy person.

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Exodus 22:21
Thou shalt neither vex a stranger, nor oppress him: for ye were strangers in the land of Egypt.

Exodus 22:22
Ye shall not afflict any widow, or fatherless child.

Exodus 22:23
If thou afflict them in any wise, and they cry at all unto me, I will surely hear their cry;

Exodus 22:24
And my wrath shall wax hot, and I will kill you with the sword; and your wives shall be widows, and your children fatherless.

Exodus 23:9
Also thou shalt not oppress a stranger: for ye know the heart of a stranger, seeing ye were strangers in the land of Egypt.

Deuteronomy 10:18
He doth execute the judgment of the fatherless and widow, and loveth the stranger, in giving him food and raiment.

Proverbs 31:5
Lest they drink, and forget the law, and pervert the judgment of any of the afflicted.

Isaiah 29:21
That make a man an offender for a word, and lay a snare for him that reproveth in the gate, and turn aside the just for a thing of nought.

Malachi 3:5
And I will come near to you to judgment; and I will be a swift witness against the sorcerers, and against the adulterers, and against false swearers, and against those that oppress the hireling in his wages, the widow, and the fatherless, and that turn aside the stranger from his right, and fear not me, saith the LORD of hosts.

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Exodus 23:6
Thou shalt not wrest the judgment of thy poor in his cause.

Exodus 23:7
Keep thee far from a false matter; and the innocent and righteous slay thou not: for I will not justify the wicked.

Psalms 82:3
Defend the poor and fatherless: do justice to the afflicted and needy.

Psalms 82:4
Deliver the poor and needy: rid them out of the hand of the wicked.

Jeremiah 5:28
They are waxen fat, they shine: yea, they overpass the deeds of the wicked: they judge not the cause, the cause of the fatherless, yet they prosper; and the right of the needy do they not judge.

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Deuteronomy 1:17
Ye shall not respect persons in judgment; but ye shall hear the small as well as the great; ye shall not be afraid of the face of man; for the judgment is God's: and the cause that is too hard for you, bring it unto me, and I will hear it.

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Ruth 3:15
Also he said, Bring the vail that thou hast upon thee, and hold it. And when she held it, he measured six measures of barley, and laid it on her: and she went into the city.

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1 Samuel 9:7
Then said Saul to his servant, But, behold, if we go, what shall we bring the man? for the bread is spent in our vessels, and there is not a present to bring to the man of God: what have we?

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Numbers 22:7
And the elders of Moab and the elders of Midian departed with the rewards of divination in their hand; and they came unto Balaam, and spake unto him the words of Balak.

1 Samuel 9:8
And the servant answered Saul again, and said, Behold, I have here at hand the fourth part of a shekel of silver: that will I give to the man of God, to tell us our way.

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Job 15:34
For the congregation of hypocrites shall be desolate, and fire shall consume the tabernacles of bribery.

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Psalms 18:16
He sent from above, he took me, he drew me out of many waters.

Psalms 19:6
His going forth is from the end of the heaven, and his circuit unto the ends of it: and there is nothing hid from the heat thereof.

Psalms 21:13
Be thou exalted, LORD, in thine own strength: so will we sing and praise thy power.

Psalms 29:4
The voice of the LORD is powerful; the voice of the LORD is full of majesty.

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Psalms 35:13
But as for me, when they were sick, my clothing was sackcloth: I humbled my soul with fasting; and my prayer returned into mine own bosom.

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Proverbs 2:8
He keepeth the paths of judgment, and preserveth the way of his saints.

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Proverbs 5:20
And why wilt thou, my son, be ravished with a strange woman, and embrace the bosom of a stranger?

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Proverbs 6:27
Can a man take fire in his bosom, and his clothes not be burned?

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Proverbs 16:23
The heart of the wise teacheth his mouth, and addeth learning to his lips.

Proverbs 18:15
The heart of the prudent getteth knowledge; and the ear of the wise seeketh knowledge.

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Proverbs 17:2
A wise servant shall have rule over a son that causeth shame, and shall have part of the inheritance among the brethren.

Proverbs 17:19
He loveth transgression that loveth strife: and he that exalteth his gate seeketh destruction.

Proverbs 17:22
A merry heart doeth good like a medicine: but a broken spirit drieth the bones.

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Proverbs 17:5
Whoso mocketh the poor reproacheth his Maker: and he that is glad at calamities shall not be unpunished.

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Proverbs 17:25
A foolish son is a grief to his father, and bitterness to her that bare him.

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Proverbs 19:4
Wealth maketh many friends; but the poor is separated from his neighbour.

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Proverbs 14:5
A faithful witness will not lie: but a false witness will utter lies.

Proverbs 14:25
A true witness delivereth souls: but a deceitful witness speaketh lies.

Proverbs 19:5
A false witness shall not be unpunished, and he that speaketh lies shall not escape.

Proverbs 19:9
A false witness shall not be unpunished, and he that speaketh lies shall perish.

Proverbs 19:28
An ungodly witness scorneth judgment: and the mouth of the wicked devoureth iniquity.

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Proverbs 24:23
These things also belong to the wise. It is not good to have respect of persons in judgment.

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Proverbs 25:14
Whoso boasteth himself of a false gift is like clouds and wind without rain.

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Proverbs 29:4
The king by judgment establisheth the land: but he that receiveth gifts overthroweth it.

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Isaiah 1:13
Bring no more vain oblations; incense is an abomination unto me; the new moons and sabbaths, the calling of assemblies, I cannot away with; it is iniquity, even the solemn meeting.

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Isaiah 26:2
Open ye the gates, that the righteous nation which keepeth the truth may enter in.

Isaiah 40:14
With whom took he counsel, and who instructed him, and taught him in the path of judgment, and taught him knowledge, and shewed to him the way of understanding?

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Isaiah 56:11
Yea, they are greedy dogs which can never have enough, and they are shepherds that cannot understand: they all look to their own way, every one for his gain, from his quarter.

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Jeremiah 22:17
But thine eyes and thine heart are not but for thy covetousness, and for to shed innocent blood, and for oppression, and for violence, to do it.

Ezekiel 22:13
Behold, therefore I have smitten mine hand at thy dishonest gain which thou hast made, and at thy blood which hath been in the midst of thee.

Micah 3:10
They build up Zion with blood, and Jerusalem with iniquity.

Habakkuk 1:4
Therefore the law is slacked, and judgment doth never go forth: for the wicked doth compass about the righteous; therefore wrong judgment proceedeth.

Zephaniah 3:3
Her princes within her are roaring lions; her judges are evening wolves; they gnaw not the bones till the morrow.

Zephaniah 3:4
Her prophets are light and treacherous persons: her priests have polluted the sanctuary, they have done violence to the law.

Zephaniah 3:5
The just LORD is in the midst thereof; he will not do iniquity: every morning doth he bring his judgment to light, he faileth not; but the unjust knoweth no shame.

Acts 16:37
But Paul said unto them, They have beaten us openly uncondemned, being Romans, and have cast us into prison; and now do they thrust us out privily? nay verily; but let them come themselves and fetch us out.

Acts 23:3
Then said Paul unto him, God shall smite thee, thou whited wall: for sittest thou to judge me after the law, and commandest me to be smitten contrary to the law?

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Mark 14:10
And Judas Iscariot, one of the twelve, went unto the chief priests, to betray him unto them.

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Mark 14:11
And when they heard it, they were glad, and promised to give him money. And he sought how he might conveniently betray him.

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