Solomon
Proverbs 17:23BSB·traditional attribution
A wicked man takes a covert bribe to subvert the course of justice.
Geneva Bible Notes Reformed
A wicked [man] taketh a bribe out of the bosom to pervert the ways of judgment. (l) That is, secretly and out of the bosom of the rich.
John Gill Reformed Baptist
A wicked man taketh a gift out of the bosom,.... Of another, of a rich man, who takes it out from thence, and offers it to him as a bribe. This he takes in the most secret manner, that it might not be seen by others; though the Arabic version renders it, "he that receives a gift in his own bosom commits iniquity"; it is...
Jamieson-Fausset-Brown Reformed
a gift . . . bosom--Money and other valuables were borne in a fold of the garment, called the bosom. to pervert--that is, by bribery.