8A bribe is a charm to its giver; wherever he turns, he succeeds.
Focused Passage
Proverbs 17:8
Wisdom in Household Peace, Tested Hearts, Just Speech, and Relational Restraint
The chapter moves through household peace, divine heart-testing, speech and poverty, family honor, bribery and love, rebuke and folly, quarrels and justice, friendship and surety, conflict and grief, crooked justice, wandering folly, and restrained speech.
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Verse 8
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A bribeהַ֭שֹּׁחַדH7810Article | Noun - masculine singularis a charmחֵ֣ןH2580Noun - masculine singular. . .אֶֽבֶן־H68Noun - feminine singular constructtoבְּעֵינֵ֣יH5869Preposition-b | Noun - cdcits giverבְעָלָ֑יוH1167Noun - masculine plural construct | third person masculine singularwhereverאֶֽל־H413Preposition. . .כָּל־H3605Noun - masculine singular construct-אֲשֶׁ֖רH834Pronoun - relativehe turnsיִפְנֶ֣הH6437Verb - Qal - Imperfect - third person masculine singularhe succeedsיַשְׂכִּֽיל׃H7919Verb - Hifil - Imperfect - third person masculine singular