Contradictions Catalog of Proverbs 17:23
Proverbs 17:23 contradicts following 11 verses in the Bible. Check out Contradictions and Paradoxes of Proverbs 17:23 for quick understanding.
Proverbs 17:23: A wicked [man] taketh a gift out of the bosom to pervert the ways of judgment.
| # | Contradicting Verse | Translation |
|---|---|---|
| 1. | Genesis 24:30 | And it came to pass, when he saw the earring and bracelets upon his sister's hands, and when he heard the words of Rebekah his sister, saying, Thus spake the man unto me; that he came unto the man; and, behold, he stood by the camels at the well. |
| 2. | Exodus 23:8 | And thou shalt take no gift: for the gift blindeth the wise, and perverteth the words of the righteous. [the wise: Heb. the seeing] |
| 3. | Numbers 35:32 | And ye shall take no satisfaction for him that is fled to the city of his refuge, that he should come again to dwell in the land, until the death of the priest. |
| 4. | Deuteronomy 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. [words: or, matters] |
| 5. | Deuteronomy 27:25 | Cursed [be] he that taketh reward to slay an innocent person. And all the people shall say, Amen. |
| 6. | Proverbs 15:27 | He that is greedy of gain troubleth his own house; but he that hateth gifts shall live. |
| 7. | Ecclesiastes 7:7 | Surely oppression maketh a wise man mad; and a gift destroyeth the heart. |
| 8. | Isaiah 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. |
| 9. | Micah 3:11 | The heads thereof judge for reward, and the priests thereof teach for hire, and the prophets thereof divine for money: yet will they lean upon the LORD, and say, [Is] not the LORD among us? none evil can come upon us. [and say: Heb. saying] |
| 10. | Acts 8:19 | Saying, Give me also this power, that on whomsoever I lay hands, he may receive the Holy Ghost. |
| 11. | Acts 24:26 | He hoped also that money should have been given him of Paul, that he might loose him: wherefore he sent for him the oftener, and communed with him. |
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