Proverbs 17:23

gift. bribe. Compare Proverbs 17:8. This is the act of the briber, not the bribed.

bosom. lap. See note on Proverbs 16:33.

Related Commentaries of Proverbs 17:23

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

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 t...
Arno Geneva Study Bible

A wicked [man] taketh a bribe out of the (l) bosom to pervert the ways of judgment. (l) That is, secretly and out of the bosom of the rich.
Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

Proverbs 17. Fresh points are the rise of the able and clever slave to a place in the family ( Proverbs 17:2 ), the practice of bribes ( Proverbs 1...
Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

A wicked man taketh a gift out of the bosom to pervert the ways of judgment. A gift out of the bosom - Out of his purse; as in their bosoms, above...
Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

A wicked man taketh a gift out of the bosom to pervert the ways of judgment. A wicked (man) (or judge) taketh a gift out of the bosom (taken...
Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

1. Lit. 'the sacrifices of strife.' There would be no pleasure in the festal meal which followed a sacrifice ( Proverbs 7:14 ) if it was accompanie...
Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

A wicked man taketh a gift out of the bosom. — Or rather, receives it. “From the bosom” signifies the folds of the dress in which the bribe was c...
Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

CHAPTER 18 FRIENDSHIP "A friend loveth at all times, and as a brother is born for adversity."- Proverbs 17:17 This rendering, based upon the ma...
Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

CHAPTER 25 FORGIVING "Be not a witness against thy neighbor without cause, and deceive not with thy lips. Say not, I will do so to him as he hat...
G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

Verse Proverbs 17:3 . Two important thoughts are suggested by this proverb. First, that the heart will yield to no force other than that of God. Dro...
Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

A man void of understanding striketh hands, and becometh surety in the presence of his friend. He loveth transgression that loveth strife: and he tha...
John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

A wicked [man] taketh a gift out of the bosom ,.... Of another, of a rich man, who takes it out from thence, and offers it to him as a bribe. This h...
John Trapp Complete Commentary

A wicked [man] taketh a gift out of the bosom to pervert the ways of judgment. Ver. 23. A wicked man taketh a gift out of the bosom, ] i.e., Cl...
Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

A wicked man Whether judge or witness; taketh a gift out of the bosom In secret, as this phrase is expounded Proverbs 21:14 , being privily conv...
Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

23 A wicked man taketh a gift out of the bosom to pervert the ways of judgment. See here, 1. What an evil thing bribery is: He is...
Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

A wicked man, whether judge or witness. Out of the bosom; in secret, as this phrase is expounded, Proverbs 21:14 , being privily conveyed from...
Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

The Ways Of The Fool ( Proverbs 17:16-23 ). The main emphasis in this subsection is on the ways of the fool ( Proverbs 17:16 ; Proverbs 17:21 ),...
Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

CRITICAL NOTES.— Proverbs 17:23 . A gift, i.e. , a bribe , judgment . i.e., justice . MAIN HOMILETICS OF Proverbs 17:23 BRIBERY I. I...
Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Proverbs 17:1 . Better is a dry morsel, and quietness therewith. See Proverbs 15:17 . Proverbs 17:3 . The fining pot is for silver, and the fu...
The Complete Pulpit Commentary

EXPOSITION Proverbs 17:1 (Comp, Proverbs 15:16 , Proverbs 15:17 ; Proverbs 16:8 .) Better (sweeter) is a dry morsel, and quietness th...
The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

v. 23. A wicked man taketh a gift out of the bosom, rather, "A bribe from the bosom," one given secretly and stealthily, "the wicked will receive,"...
Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

1 Samuel 12:3 ; 1 Samuel 8:3 ; Deuteronomy 16:19 ; Exodus 23:8 ; Ezekiel 22:12 ; Isaiah 1:23 ; Micah 7:3 ; Mark 14:10 ; Mark 14:11 ; Prover...

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

Related Commentaries of Proverbs 17:23

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Arno Geneva Study Bible

Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

John Trapp Complete Commentary

Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

The Complete Pulpit Commentary

The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Proverbs 17:23