Proverbs 15:27 - Revised Version with Apocrypha 1895

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

And Shimei arose, and saddled his ass, and went to Gath to Achish, to seek his servants: and Shimei went, and brought his servants from Gath.

2 Kings 5:27

The leprosy therefore of Naaman shall cleave unto thee, and unto thy seed for ever. And he went out from his presence a leper as white as snow.

Psalm 15:5

He that putteth not out his money to usury, Nor taketh reward against the innocent. He that doeth these things shall never be moved.

Exodus 18:21

Moreover thou shalt provide out of all the people able men, such as fear God, men of truth, hating unjust gain; and place such over them, to be rulers of thousands, rulers of hundreds, rulers of fifties, and rulers of tens:

Exodus 23:8

And thou shalt take no gift: for a gift blindeth them that have sight, and perverteth the words of the righteous.

Proverbs 1:19

So are the ways of every one that is greedy of gain; It taketh away the life of the owners thereof.

Proverbs 11:19

He that is stedfast in righteousness shall attain unto life: And he that pursueth evil doeth it to his own death.

Proverbs 11:29

He that troubleth his own house shall inherit the wind: And the foolish shall be servant to the wise of heart.

Proverbs 15:26

Evil devices are an abomination to the LORD: But pleasant words are pure.

Proverbs 20:21

An inheritance may be gotten hastily at the beginning; But the end thereof shall not be blessed.

Proverbs 23:4

Weary not thyself to be rich; Cease from thine own wisdom.

Proverbs 28:16

The prince that lacketh understanding is also a great oppressor: But he that hateth covetousness shall prolong his days.

Proverbs 28:25

He that is of a greedy spirit stirreth up strife: But he that putteth his trust in the LORD shall be made fat.

Proverbs 29:4

The king by judgement establisheth the land: But he that exacteth gifts overthroweth it.

Jeremiah 17:11

As the partridge that gathereth young which she hath not brought forth, so is he that getteth riches, and not by right; in the midst of his days they shall leave him, and at his end he shall be a fool.

Deuteronomy 16:19

Thou shalt not wrest judgement; thou shalt not respect persons: neither shalt thou take a gift; for a gift doth blind the eyes of the wise, and pervert the words of the righteous.

Deuteronomy 7:26

and thou shalt not bring an abomination into thine house, and become a devoted thing like unto it: thou shalt utterly detest it, and thou shalt utterly abhor it; for it is a devoted thing.

1 Timothy 6:10

For the love of money is a root of all kinds of evil: which some reaching after have been led astray from the faith, and have pierced themselves through with many sorrows.

1 Timothy 6:9

But they that desire to be rich fall into a temptation and a snare and many foolish and hurtful lusts, such as drown men in destruction and perdition.

Joshua 6:18

And ye, in any wise keep yourselves from the devoted thing, lest when ye have devoted it, ye take of the devoted thing; so should ye make the camp of Israel accursed, and trouble it.

1 Samuel 12:3

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 taken a ransom to blind mine eyes therewith? and I will restore it you.