Ecclesiastes 7:7
“¶ Surely oppression maketh a wise man mad: and a gift destroyeth the heart.”
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Ecclesiastes 7:7 Context
5It is better to heare the rebuke of the wise, then for a man to heare the song of fooles. 6For as the crackling of thornes vnder a pot, so is the laughter of the foole: this also is vanitie. 7¶ Surely oppression maketh a wise man mad: and a gift destroyeth the heart. 8Better is the ende of a thing then the beginning thereof: and the patient in spirit is better then the proude in spirit. 9Be not hastie in thy spirit to bee angry: for anger resteth in the bosome of fooles.
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Surely oppression maketh a wise man mad; and a gift destroyeth the heart.
- King James Version
For oppression makes a wise man mad, And a bribe corrupts the heart.
- New American Standard Version (1995)