Proverbs 17:23

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Proverbs 17:23


← Proverbs 17:22 Proverbs 17:23 (KJV) Proverbs 17:24 →
A merry heart doeth good like a medicine: but a broken spirit drieth the bones.
A wicked man taketh a gift out of the bosom to pervert the ways of judgment.
Wisdom is before him that hath understanding; but the eyes of a fool are in the ends of the earth.

Verse Text

KJV with Strong's Numbers

A wickedH7563 man takethH3947 a giftH7810 out of the bosomH2436 to pervertH5186 the waysH734 of judgmentH4941.


Original Hebrew

שֹׁחַד מֵחֵיק רָשָׁע יִקָּח לְהַטֹּות אָרְחֹות מִשְׁפָּט׃

Hebrew Transliteration Strong's Morphology Gloss
שֹׁ֣חַד
Sho.chad H7810 HNcmsa a bribe
מֵ֭/חֵיק
Me./cheik H2436 HR/Ncmsc from/ (the) bosom
רָשָׁ֣ע
ra.Sha' H7563 HAamsa a wicked (person)
יִקָּ֑ח
yi.Kach H3947 HVqi3ms he accepts
לְ֝/הַטּ֗וֹת
le./ha.Tot H5186 HR/Vhc to/ turn aside
אָרְח֥וֹת
'a.re.Chot H734 HNcbpc (the) paths of
מִשְׁפָּֽט
mish.Pat H4941 HNcmsa justice
Strong's References
  • H734 — אֹרַח (ʼôrach, o'-rakh): from אָרַח (ʼârach) H732; a well-trodden road (literally or figuratively); also a caravan; manner, path, race, rank, traveller, troop, (by-, high-) way.
  • H2436 — חֵיק (chêyq, khake): or חֵק (chêq); and חוֹק (chôwq); from an unused root, apparently meaning to inclose; the bosom (literally or figuratively); bosom, bottom, lap, midst, within.
  • H3947 — לָקַח (lâqach, law-kakh'): a primitive root; to take (in the widest variety of applications); accept, bring, buy, carry away, drawn, fetch, get, infold, [idiom] many, mingle, place, receive(-ing), reserve, seize, send for, take (away, -ing, up), use, win.
  • H4941 — מִשְׁפָּט (mishpâṭ, mish-pawt'): from שָׁפַט (shâphaṭ) H8199; properly, a verdict (favorable or unfavorable) pronounced judicially, especially a sentence or formal decree (human or (participant's) divine law, individual or collective), including the act, the place, the suit, the crime, and the penalty; abstractly, justice, including a participant's right or privilege (statutory or customary), or even a style; [phrase] adversary, ceremony, charge, [idiom] crime, custom, desert, determination, discretion, disposing, due, fashion, form, to be judged, judgment, just(-ice, -ly), (manner of) law(-ful), manner, measure, (due) order, ordinance, right, sentence, usest, [idiom] worthy, [phrase] wrong.
  • H5186 — נָטָה (nâṭâh, naw-taw'): a primitive root; to stretch or spread out; by implication, to bend away (including moral deflection); used in a great variety of application; [phrase] afternoon, apply, bow (down, -ing), carry aside, decline, deliver, extend, go down, be gone, incline, intend, lay, let down, offer, outstretched, overthrown, pervert, pitch, prolong, put away, shew, spread (out), stretch (forth, out), take (aside), turn (aside, away), wrest, cause to yield.
  • H7563 — רָשָׁע (râshâʻ, raw-shaw'): from רָשַׁע (râshaʻ) H7561; morally wrong; concretely, an (actively) bad person; [phrase] condemned, guilty, ungodly, wicked (man), that did wrong.
  • H7810 — שַׁחַד (shachad, shakh'-ad): from שָׁחַד (shâchad) H7809; a donation (venal or redemptive); bribe(-ry), gift, present, reward.
Cross References

Reciprocal references (4): Deuteronomy 27:19, Ecclesiastes 7:7, Isaiah 5:23, Acts 24:26

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