Proverbs 17:23
“A wicked man taketh a gift out of the bosom to pervert the ways of judgment.”
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Gill's ExpositionBaptist theologian, 1697–1771
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…
Barnes' NotesPresbyterian pastor, 1798–1870
The words “out of the bosom,” from the fold of the garment, rather than from the bag or girdle in which money was…
Matthew HenryNonconformist minister, 1662–1714
See here, 1. What an evil thing bribery is: He is a wicked man that will take a gift to engage him to give a false…
Cambridge BibleAcademic commentary, 1882–1921
out of the bosom i.e. the fold of the garment in which it had been concealed; denoting the stealthy action either of the…
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