The words “out of the bosom,” from the fold of the garment, rather than from the bag or girdle in which money was usually carried, possibly point to the stealthiness with which the “gift” (or, bribe) is offered to the judge.
Related Commentaries of Proverbs 17:23
Proverbs 17:23
23 A wicked man taketh a gift out of the bosom to pervert the ways of judgment.