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Proverbs 17:23
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A merry heart doeth good [like] a medicine: but a broken spirit drieth the bones.
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A wicked [man] taketh a gift out of the bosom to pervert the ways of judgment.
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Wisdom [is] before him that hath understanding; but the eyes of a fool [are] in the ends of the earth.
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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 |
Source: Westminster Leningrad Codex (MorphHB), TAHOT (Tyndale House)
Strong's References
- H734 — אֹרַח (ʼôrach, o'-rakh): from אָרַח; 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; and חוֹק; 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; 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; morally wrong; concretely, an (actively) bad person; [phrase] condemned, guilty, ungodly, wicked (man), that did wrong.
- H7810 — שַׁחַד (shachad, shakh'-ad): from שָׁחַד; a donation (venal or redemptive); bribe(-ry), gift, present, reward.
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