இடுக்கணானது ஞானியையும் பைத்தியக்காரனாக்கும்; பரிதானம் இருதயத்தைக் கெடுக்கும்.
Other Translations
King James Version (KJV)
Surely oppression maketh a wise man mad; and a gift destroyeth the heart.
American Standard Version (ASV)
Surely extortion maketh the wise man foolish; and a bribe destroyeth the understanding.
Bible in Basic English (BBE)
The wise are troubled by the ways of the cruel, and the giving of money is the destruction of the heart.
Darby English Bible (DBY)
Surely oppression maketh a wise man mad, and a gift destroyeth the heart.
World English Bible (WEB)
Surely extortion makes the wise man foolish; and a bribe destroys the understanding.
Young’s Literal Translation (YLT)
Surely oppression maketh the wise mad, And a gift destroyeth the heart.
Cross Reference
1 Samuel 8:3
And his sons walked not in his ways, but turned aside after lucre, and took bribes, and perverted judgment.
Isaiah 33:15
He that walketh righteously, and speaketh uprightly; he that despiseth the gain of oppressions, that shaketh his hands from holding of bribes, that stoppeth his ears from hearing of blood, and shutteth his eyes from seeing evil;
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.
Ecclesiastes 4:1
So I returned, and considered all the oppressions that are done under the sun: and behold the tears of such as were oppressed, and they had no comforter; and on the side of their oppressors there was power; but they had no comforter.
Proverbs 17:8
A gift is as a precious stone in the eyes of him that hath it: whithersoever it turneth, it prospereth.
1 Samuel 12:3
Behold, here I am: witness against me before the LORD, and before his anointed: whose ox have I taken? or whose ass have I taken? or whom have I defrauded? whom have I oppressed? or of whose hand have I received any bribe to blind mine eyes therewith? and I will restore it you.
Deuteronomy 28:33
The fruit of thy land, and all thy labors, shall a nation which thou knowest not eat up; and thou shalt be only oppressed and crushed alway:
Deuteronomy 28:65
And among these nations shalt thou find no ease, neither shall the sole of thy foot have rest: but the LORD shall give thee there a trembling heart, and failing of eyes, and sorrow of mind:
Proverbs 17:23
A wicked man taketh a gift out of the bosom to pervert the ways of judgment.
Exodus 23:8
And thou shalt take no gift: for the gift blindeth the wise, and perverteth the words of the righteous.
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.
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