8 A 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 bribe הַ֭שֹּׁחַד H7810 Article | Noun - masculine singular is a charm חֵ֣ן H2580 Noun - masculine singular . . . אֶֽבֶן־ H68 Noun - feminine singular construct to בְּעֵינֵ֣י H5869 Preposition-b | Noun - cdc its giver בְעָלָ֑יו H1167 Noun - masculine plural construct | third person masculine singular wherever אֶֽל־ H413 Preposition . . . כָּל־ H3605 Noun - masculine singular construct - אֲשֶׁ֖ר H834 Pronoun - relative he turns יִפְנֶ֣ה H6437 Verb - Qal - Imperfect - third person masculine singular he succeeds יַשְׂכִּֽיל׃ H7919 Verb - Hifil - Imperfect - third person masculine singular