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," to pervert the ways of judgment, that being the object of bribes.
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Proverbs 17:23
23 A wicked man taketh a gift out of the bosom to pervert the ways of judgment.