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Proverbs 15:27

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

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


“You must not accept a bribe, for a bribe blinds those who have sight and perverts the words of the righteous.


As the partridge that sits on eggs that she has not laid, so is the one who gets riches by unjust means. In the middle of their days, it will forsake them. At the end, they will be fools.


The one who troubles their own house will inherit only wind. The foolish will be servant to the wise of heart.


You must not pervert justice. You must not show partiality. You must not take a bribe, for a bribe blinds the eyes of the wise and perverts the words of the righteous.


Moreover you should select from all the people able men who fear God, men of truth who hate unjust gain. Appoint them as rulers of thousands, rulers of hundreds, rulers of fifties, and rulers of tens.


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


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


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


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


Therefore the leprosy of Naaman will cling to you and to your offspring forever.” He went out from his presence a leper, as white as snow.


But y’all must be careful when you are setting apart what is devoted for destruction. If y’all take from the devoted things, y’all will make the camp of Israel devoted for destruction and bring trouble on it.


You must not bring an abomination into your house and become a devoted thing like it. You must detest-detest it. You must abhor-abhor it, for it is set apart for this.


Those who are determined to get rich fall into a temptation, a snare, and many foolish and harmful desires that drown humans into ruin and destruction.


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 with many sorrows.


Here I am. Y’all testify against me before YHWH and before ʜɪꜱ anointed. Whose ox have I taken? Whose donkey have I taken? Whom have I defrauded? Whom have I oppressed? Of whose hand have I taken a bribe to make me blind my eyes? I will restore it to y’all.”


YHWH detests the thoughts of the wicked, but the thoughts of the pure are pleasing.


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


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


Shimei arose, saddled his donkey, and went to Gath to Achish to seek his slaves, and Shimei went and brought his slaves from Gath.


who doesn’t lend out money for interest, or take a bribe against the innocent. The one who does these things will never be shaken.





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