John Trapp on Proverbs 17:23
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Proverbs17:23
Verſ. 23. A wicked man taketh a gift out of the boſome] i. e. cloſely and covertly, as if neither God nor man ſhould ſee him. The words may bee alſo read thus, Hee (that is the corrupt Judge) taketh a gift out of the wicked mans boſome; there being never a better of them, as Solomon intimateth by this ambiguous expreſſion.Stapleten. Rain is good, and ground is good, yet ex corum conjunctione fit lutum. So giving is kind, and taking is courteous; yet the mixing of them makes the ſmooth paths of juſtice foul and uneven.
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