Matthew Poole and continuators on Proverbs 17:23
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Proverbs17:23
23 A wicked man taketh a gift out of the bosom to pervert the ways of judgment .
Whether Judge or Witness.
In secret, as this Phrase is expounded, Prov. 21. 14. being privily conveyed from the bosom of the giver into his own bosom.
To give or procure an unjust sentence.
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