Proverbs 15:27

Hebrew Names version (HNV)

He who is greedy for gain troubles his own house, but he who hates bribes will live.

Cross References

1 Kings 2:40

Shim`i arose, and saddled his donkey, and went to Gat to Akhish, to seek his servants; and Shim`i went, and brought his servants from Gat.

2 Kings 5:27

The leprosy therefore of Na`aman shall cleave to you, and to your seed forever. He went out from his presence a leper [as white] as snow.

Psalm 15:5

he who doesn't lend out his money for usury, nor take a bribe against the innocent. He who does these things shall never be shaken.

Exodus 18:21

Moreover you shall 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

*You shall take no bribe, for a bribe blinds those who have sight and perverts the words of the righteous.

Proverbs 1:19

So are the ways of everyone who is greedy for gain. It takes away the life of its owners.

Proverbs 11:19

He who is truly righteous gets life. He who pursues evil gets death.

Proverbs 11:29

He who troubles his own house shall inherit the wind. The foolish shall be servant to the wise of heart.

Proverbs 15:26

The LORD detests the thoughts of the wicked, but the thoughts of the pure are pleasing.

Proverbs 20:21

An inheritance quickly gained at the beginning, won't be blessed in the end.

Proverbs 23:4

Don't weary yourself to be rich. In your wisdom, show restraint.

Proverbs 28:16

A tyrannical ruler lacks judgment. One who hates ill-gotten gain will have long days.

Proverbs 28:25

One who is greedy stirs up strife; but one who trusts in the LORD will prosper.

Proverbs 29:4

The king by justice makes the land stable, but he who takes bribes tears it down.

Jeremiah 17:11

As the partridge that sits on [eggs] which she has not laid, so is he who gets 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

You shall not wrest justice: you shall not respect persons; neither shall you take a bribe; for a bribe does blind the eyes of the wise, and pervert the words of the righteous.

Deuteronomy 7:26

You shall not bring an abomination into your house, and become a devoted thing like it: you shall utterly detest it, and you shall 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. Some have been led astray from the faith in their greed, and have pierced themselves through with many sorrows.

1 Timothy 6:9

But those who are determined to be rich fall into a temptation and a snare and many foolish and harmful lusts, such as drown men in ruin and destruction.

Joshua 6:18

But as for you, only keep yourselves from the devoted thing, lest when you have devoted it, you take of the devoted thing; so would you make the camp of Yisra'el 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 donkey have I taken? or whom have I defrauded? whom have I oppressed? or of whose hand have I taken a ransom to blind my eyes therewith? and I will restore it you.