Proverbs 17:8
6 Children’s children are the crown of old men; and the glory of children are their fathers.
7 Excellent speech becometh not a fool: much less do lying lips a prince.
A gift is as a precious stone in the eyes of him that hath it: whithersoever it turneth, it prospereth.
9 He that covereth a transgression seeketh love; but he that repeateth a matter separateth very friends.
10 A reproof entereth more into a wise man than an hundred stripes into a fool.
Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.
Compare
- BSB
- A bribe is a charm to its giver; wherever he turns, he succeeds.
- KJV
- A gift is as a precious stone in the eyes of him that hath it: whithersoever it turneth, it prospereth.
- WEB
- A bribe is a precious stone in the eyes of him who gives it; wherever he turns, he prospers.
- ASV
- A bribe is [as] a precious stone in the eyes of him that hath it; Whithersoever it turneth, it prospereth.
- DARBY
- A gift is a precious stone in the eyes of the possessor: whithersoever it turneth it prospereth.
- BLB
- A stone of favor [is] a bribe in the eyes of its owners—to all that he turns, he prospers.
- ÅB
- Gave er en edelstein i dens øyne som får den; hvor den kommer, gjør den lykke.
- OTB
- En bestikkelse er som en sjarm for den som gir den; hvor han enn vender seg, lykkes han.
- B1930
- Gave er en edelsten i dens øine som får den; hvor den kommer, gjør den lykke.
Study notes (Tyndale)
Original text and word study
Cross references
Exodus 23:8
And thou shalt take no gift: for the gift blindeth the wise, and perverteth the words of the righteous.
Read in contextMicah 7:3
That they may do evil with both hands earnestly, the prince asketh, and the judge asketh for a reward; and the great man, he uttereth his mischievous desire: so they wrap it up.
Read in contextIsaiah 1:23
Thy princes are rebellious, and companions of thieves: every one loveth gifts, and followeth after rewards: they judge not the fatherless, neither doth the cause of the widow come unto them.
Read in context1 Samuel 25:35
So David received of her hand that which she had brought him, and said unto her, Go up in peace to thine house; see, I have hearkened to thy voice, and have accepted thy person.
Read in contextAmos 5:12
For I know your manifold transgressions and your mighty sins: they afflict the just, they take a bribe, and they turn aside the poor in the gate from their right.
Read in contextProverbs 17:23
A wicked man taketh a gift out of the bosom to pervert the ways of judgment.
Read in contextDeuteronomy 16:19
Thou shalt not wrest judgment; thou shalt not respect persons, neither take a gift: for a gift doth blind the eyes of the wise, and pervert the words of the righteous.
Read in contextProverbs 21:14
A gift in secret pacifieth anger: and a reward in the bosom strong wrath.
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