Proverbs 17:23World English Bible British Edition
A wicked man receives a bribe in secret, to pervert the ways of justice.
Related Verses
Genesis 6:5
The LORD saw that the wickedness of man was great in the earth, and that every imagination of the thoughts of man’s heart was continually only evil.
Genesis 13:13
Now the men of Sodom were exceedingly wicked and sinners against the LORD.
Genesis 18:23
Abraham came near, and said, “Will you consume the righteous with the wicked?
Genesis 18:25
May it be far from you to do things like that, to kill the righteous with the wicked, so that the righteous should be like the wicked. May that be far from you. Shouldn’t the Judge of all the earth do right?”
Genesis 19:7
He said, “Please, my brothers, don’t act so wickedly.