Proverbs 17:23

English Standard Version

23 The wicked accepts a bribe in secret[1] to pervert the ways of justice. (Pr 17:8; Mic 3:11; Mic 7:3)

New International Version

23 The wicked accept bribes in secret to pervert the course of justice.

New International Reader’s Version

23 Anyone who does wrong accepts favours in secret. Then they turn what is right into what is wrong.

King James Version

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