Proverbs 17:23 in the World English Bible
A wicked man receives a bribe in secret, to pervert the ways of justice.
Context
22 A merry heart doeth good like a medicine: but a broken spirit drieth the bones.
23 A wicked man taketh a gift out of the bosom to pervert the ways of judgment.
24 Wisdom is before him that hath understanding; but the eyes of a fool are in the ends of the earth.