Proverbs 15:27 - New Revised Standard Version

²⁷ Those who are greedy for unjust gain make trouble for their households, but those who hate bribes will live.

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

²⁷ He that is greedy of gain troubleth his own house; But he that hateth gifts shall live.

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

²⁷ He who is greedy for unjust gain troubles his own household, but he who hates bribes will live. [Isa. 5:8; Jer. 17:11.]

American Standard Version (1901)

²⁷ He that is greedy of gain troubleth his own house; But he that hateth bribes shall live.

Common English Bible

²⁷ Those who acquire things unjustly gain trouble for their house, but those who hate bribes will live.

Catholic Public Domain Version

²⁷ Whoever pursues avarice disturbs his own house. But whoever hates bribes shall live. Through mercy and faith, sins are purged. But through the fear of the Lord, each one turns aside from evil.

Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version

²⁷ He that is greedy of gain troubleth his own house: but he that hateth bribes shall live. By mercy and faith sins are purged away: and by the fear of the Lord every one declineth from evil.

Proverbs 15:27 Cross References

1 Kings 2:40

Shimei arose and saddled a donkey, and went to Achish in Gath, to search for his slaves; Shimei went and brought his slaves from Gath.

2 Kings 5:27

Therefore the leprosy of Naaman shall cling to you, and to your descendants forever.” So he left his presence leprous, as white as snow.

Psalm 15:5

who do not lend money at interest, and do not take a bribe against the innocent. Those who do these things shall never be moved.

Exodus 18:21

You should also look for able men among all the people, men who fear God, are trustworthy, and hate dishonest gain; set such men over them as officers over thousands, hundreds, fifties and tens.

Exodus 23:8

You shall take no bribe, for a bribe blinds the officials, and subverts the cause of those who are in the right.

Proverbs 1:19

Such is the end of all who are greedy for gain; it takes away the life of its possessors.

Proverbs 11:19

Whoever is steadfast in righteousness will live, but whoever pursues evil will die.

Proverbs 11:29

Those who trouble their households will inherit wind, and the fool will be servant to the wise.

Proverbs 15:26

Evil plans are an abomination to the Lord, but gracious words are pure.

Proverbs 20:21

An estate quickly acquired in the beginning will not be blessed in the end.

Proverbs 23:4

Do not wear yourself out to get rich; be wise enough to desist.

Proverbs 28:16

A ruler who lacks understanding is a cruel oppressor; but one who hates unjust gain will enjoy a long life.

Proverbs 28:25

The greedy person stirs up strife, but whoever trusts in the Lord will be enriched.

Proverbs 29:4

By justice a king gives stability to the land, but one who makes heavy exactions ruins it.

Jeremiah 17:11

Like the partridge hatching what it did not lay, so are all who amass wealth unjustly; in mid-life it will leave them, and at their end they will prove to be fools.

Deuteronomy 16:19

You must not distort justice; you must not show partiality; and you must not accept bribes, for a bribe blinds the eyes of the wise and subverts the cause of those who are in the right.

Deuteronomy 7:26

Do not bring an abhorrent thing into your house, or you will be set apart for destruction like it. You must utterly detest and abhor it, for it is set apart for destruction.

1 Timothy 6:10

For the love of money is a root of all kinds of evil, and in their eagerness to be rich some have wandered away from the faith and pierced themselves with many pains.

1 Timothy 6:9

But those who want to be rich fall into temptation and are trapped by many senseless and harmful desires that plunge people into ruin and destruction.

Joshua 6:18

As for you, keep away from the things devoted to destruction, so as not to covet and take any of the devoted things and make the camp of Israel an object for destruction, bringing trouble upon it.

1 Samuel 12:3

Here I am; testify against me before the Lord and before his anointed. Whose ox have I taken? Or whose donkey have I taken? Or whom have I defrauded? Whom have I oppressed? Or from whose hand have I taken a bribe to blind my eyes with it? Testify against me and I will restore it to you.”