Proverbs 15:27

Modern King James Version

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

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

And the leprosy of Naaman shall cling to you and to your seed forever. And he went out from his presence as leprous as snow.

Psalm 15:5

he has not put out his money at interest, nor has he taken a bribe against the innocent. He who does these things shall not be moved forever.

Exodus 18:21

And you shall look 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, and rulers of hundreds, rulers of fifties, and rulers of tens.

Exodus 23:8

And you shall take no bribe, for the bribe blinds the wise and perverts the words of the righteous.

Proverbs 1:19

So are the ways of everyone who gains unjust gain; it takes away its owners' life.

Proverbs 11:19

So righteousness tends to life; but one pursuing evil, it is to his own death.

Proverbs 11:29

He who troubles his own house shall inherit the wind; and the fool shall be servant to the wise in heart.

Proverbs 15:26

The thoughts of the wicked are very hateful to Jehovah, but the words of the pure are pleasant words.

Proverbs 20:21

An inheritance gotten hastily in the beginning, even the end of it shall not be blessed.

Proverbs 23:4

Do not labor to be rich; cease from your own understanding.

Proverbs 28:16

A ruler lacking understanding even adds oppressions; he who hates unjust gain shall prolong his days.

Proverbs 28:25

He who is of a proud heart stirs up fighting; but he who puts his trust in Jehovah shall be made fat.

Proverbs 29:4

The king establishes the land by judgment; but he taking bribes tears it down.

Jeremiah 17:11

The quail sits on eggs and does not hatch them; in the same way he who gets riches, and not by right, shall leave them in the middle of his days, and in his end he shall be a fool.

Deuteronomy 16:19

You shall not pervert judgment; you shall not respect persons, nor take a gift. For a bribe blinds the eyes of the wise and perverts the words of the righteous.

Deuteronomy 7:26

And you shall not bring an abomination into your house, lest you be a cursed thing like it. You shall utterly hate it, and you shall utterly despise it. For it is a cursed thing.

1 Timothy 6:10

For the love of money is a root of all evils, of which some having lusted after, they were seduced from the faith and pierced themselves through with many sorrows.

1 Timothy 6:9

But they who will be rich fall into temptation and a snare, and into many foolish and hurtful lusts which plunge men into destruction and perdition.

Joshua 6:18

And you surely shall keep clear of the cursed thing, lest you make yourselves cursed when you take of the cursed things, and make the camp of Israel a curse, and trouble it.

1 Samuel 12:3

Behold, here I am. Witness against me before Jehovah 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 from whose hand have I received a bribe, to blind my eyes with it? And I will restore it to you.