Proverbs 15:27

New American Bible - revised edition

The greedy tear down their own house, but those who hate bribes will live.

Cross References

1 Kings 2:40

So Shimei rose, saddled his donkey, and went to Achish in Gath in search of his servants; and Shimei returned from Gath with his servants.

2 Kings 5:27

The leprosy of Naaman shall cling to you and your descendants forever.” And Gehazi went out, a leper with skin like snow.

Psalm 15:5

lends no money at interest, accepts no bribe against the innocent. Whoever acts like this shall never be shaken.

Exodus 18:21

But you should also look among all the people for able and God-fearing men, trustworthy men who hate dishonest gain, and set them over the people as commanders of thousands, of hundreds, of fifties, and of tens.

Exodus 23:8

Never take a bribe, for a bribe blinds the clear-sighted and distorts the words of the just.

Proverbs 1:19

This is the way of everyone greedy for loot: it takes away their lives.

Proverbs 11:19

Justice leads toward life, but pursuit of evil, toward death.

Proverbs 11:29

Those who trouble their household inherit the wind, and fools become slaves to the wise of heart.

Proverbs 15:26

The schemes of the wicked are an abomination to the Lord, but gracious words are pure.

Proverbs 20:21

Possessions greedily guarded at the outset will not be blessed in the end.

Proverbs 23:4

Do not wear yourself out to gain wealth, cease to be worried about it;

Proverbs 28:16

The less prudent the rulers, the more oppressive their deeds. Those who hate ill-gotten gain prolong their days.

Proverbs 28:25

The greedy person stirs up strife, but the one who trusts in the Lord will prosper.

Proverbs 29:4

By justice a king builds up the land; but one who raises taxes tears it down.

Jeremiah 17:11

A partridge that broods but does not hatch are those who acquire wealth unjustly: In midlife it will desert them; in the end they are only fools.

Deuteronomy 16:19

You must not distort justice: you shall not show partiality; you shall not take a bribe, for a bribe blinds the eyes even of the wise and twists the words even of the just.

Deuteronomy 7:26

You shall not bring any abominable thing into your house, so as to be, like it, under the ban; loathe and abhor it utterly for it is under the ban.

1 Timothy 6:10

For the love of money is the root of all evils, and some people in their desire for it have strayed from the faith and have pierced themselves with many pains. Exhortations to Timothy.

1 Timothy 6:9

Those who want to be rich are falling into temptation and into a trap and into many foolish and harmful desires, which plunge them into ruin and destruction.

Joshua 6:18

But be careful not to covet or take anything that is under the ban; otherwise you will bring upon the camp of Israel this ban and the misery of it.

1 Samuel 12:3

Here I stand! Answer me in the presence of the Lord and the Lord’s anointed. Whose ox have I taken? Whose donkey have I taken? Whom have I cheated? Whom have I wronged? From whom have I accepted a bribe and shut my eyes because of it? I will make restitution to you.”