New American Standard Bible 1995
Proverbs 15:27
Proverbs 15:27 in other versions
- King James Version (KJV)He that is greedy of gain troubleth his own house; but he that hateth gifts shall live.
- New International Version (NIV)The greedy bring ruin to their households, but the one who hates bribes will live.
- English Standard Version (ESV)Whoever is greedy for unjust gain troubles his own household, but he who hates bribes will live.
- New King James Version (NKJV)He who is greedy for gain troubles his own house, But he who hates bribes will live.
Context of Proverbs 15:27
25The Lord will tear down the house of the proud, But He will establish the boundary of the widow. 26Evil plans are an abomination to the Lord, But pleasant words are pure. He who profits illicitly troubles his own house, But he who hates bribes will live. 28The heart of the righteous ponders how to answer, But the mouth of the wicked pours out evil things. 29The Lord is far from the wicked, But He hears the prayer of the righteous.
Read all of Proverbs 15Proverbs 15:27 word by word
עֹכֵ֣ר בֵּ֭יתוֹ בּוֹצֵ֣עַ בָּ֑צַע וְשׂוֹנֵ֖א מַתָּנֹ֣ת יִחְיֶֽה׃Read the interlinear
Cross-references for Proverbs 15:27
- Proverbs 1:19So are the ways of everyone who gains by violence; It takes away the life of its possessors.
- Proverbs 11:19He who is steadfast in righteousness will attain to life, And he who pursues evil will bring about his own death.
- Proverbs 20:21An inheritance gained hurriedly at the beginning Will not be blessed in the end.
- Deuteronomy 7:26You shall not bring an abomination into your house, and like it come under the ban; you shall utterly detest it and you shall utterly abhor it, for it is something banned.
- Joshua 6:18But as for you, only keep yourselves from the things under the ban, so that you do not covet them and take some of the things under the ban, and make the camp of Israel accursed and bring trouble on it.
- Joshua 7:11Israel has sinned, and they have also transgressed My covenant which I commanded them. And they have even taken some of the things under the ban and have both stolen and deceived. Moreover, they have also put them among their own things.
- 1 Samuel 8:3His sons, however, did not walk in his ways, but turned aside after dishonest gain and took bribes and perverted justice.
- 2 Kings 5:27Therefore, the leprosy of Naaman shall cling to you and to your descendants forever.” So he went out from his presence a leper as white as snow.
- Isaiah 5:8Woe to those who add house to house and join field to field, Until there is no more room, So that you have to live alone in the midst of the land!
- Jeremiah 17:11As a partridge that hatches eggs which it has not laid, So is he who makes a fortune, but unjustly; In the midst of his days it will forsake him, And in the end he will be a fool.”
- Habakkuk 2:9“Woe to him who gets evil gain for his house To put his nest on high, To be delivered from the hand of calamity!
- Zechariah 5:3Then he said to me, “This is the curse that is going forth over the face of the whole land; surely everyone who steals will be purged away according to the writing on one side, and everyone who swears will be purged away according to the writing on the other side.
- Proverbs 28:16A leader who is a great oppressor lacks understanding, But he who hates unjust gain will prolong his days.
- Proverbs 29:4The king gives stability to the land by justice, But a man who takes bribes overthrows it.
- Exodus 18:21Furthermore, you shall select out of all the people able men who fear God, men of truth, those who hate dishonest gain; and you shall place these over them as leaders of thousands, of hundreds, of fifties and of tens.
- Exodus 23:8“You shall not take a bribe, for a bribe blinds the clear-sighted and subverts the cause of the just.
Commentaries on Proverbs 15:27
- Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 27He that is greedy of gain - He who will be rich; troubleth his own house - he is a torment to himself and his family by his avariciousness and penury, and a curse to those with whom he deals. But he that hateth gifts - Whatever is given to pervert judgment.Read the comment
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 27Gifts - There is a special application to the office of the judge. The Aramaic Targum paraphrases the first words of this passage as: “he who gathers the mammon of unrighteousness,” using the words with special reference to wealth obtained by unjust judgments. May we infer that Christ‘s adoption of that phrase Luke 16:9 had a point of contact with this proverb, through the version then popularly used in the synagogues of Palestine?Read the comment
- Matthew Henry Concise Commentary · v. 27Verse 27 The covetous man lets none of his family have rest or enjoyment. And greediness of gain often tempts to projects that bring ruin.Read the comment
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 2727. (Compare Pr 11:17). Avarice brings trouble to him and his. hateth gifts--or, "bribes" (Ex 23:8; Psa 15:5), and is not avaricious.Read the comment
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Notes
- 1. Proverbs 15:27 Prov 1:19; 28:25; 1 Tim 6:10 ↩
- 2. Proverbs 15:27 Ex 23:8; Deut 16:19; 1 Sam 12:3; Is 33:15 ↩
Commentaries on Proverbs 15
- Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
- Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
- Tyndale Open Study Notes
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
- Rashi on Tanakh
- Keil & Delitzsch Commentary
- John Wesley’s Notes
- Darby Translation Notes
- Geneva Bible Translation Notes
- Kingcomments
- Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
- Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
- Scofield Reference Notes, 1917 Edition
- Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
- EGW Writings
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