Parallel Verses
World English Bible
He who is greedy for gain troubles his own house, but he who hates bribes will live.
New American Standard Bible
But he who
King James Version
He that is greedy of gain troubleth his own house; but he that hateth gifts shall live.
Holman Bible
but the one who hates bribes will live.
International Standard Version
Those who are greedy for unjust gain bring trouble into their homes, but the person who hates bribes will live.
A Conservative Version
He who is greedy of gain troubles his own house, but he who hates bribes shall live.
American Standard Version
He that is greedy of gain troubleth his own house; But he that hateth bribes shall live.
Amplified
He who profits unlawfully brings suffering to his own house,
But he who hates bribes [and does not receive nor pay them] will live.
Bible in Basic English
He whose desires are fixed on profit is a cause of trouble to his family; but he who has no desire for offerings will have life.
Darby Translation
He that is greedy of gain troubleth his own house; but he that hateth gifts shall live.
Julia Smith Translation
He plundering plunder troubled his house; and he hating gifts shall live.
King James 2000
He that is greedy of gain troubles his own house; but he that hates bribes shall live.
Lexham Expanded Bible
He who makes trouble for his house [is] he who is greedy for unjust gain, but he who hates bribes will live.
Modern King James verseion
He who is greedy for gain troubles his own house, but he who hates bribes shall live.
Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale
The covetous man rooteth up his own house; but whoso hateth rewards, shall live.
NET Bible
The one who is greedy for gain troubles his household, but whoever hates bribes will live.
New Heart English Bible
He who is greedy for gain troubles his own house, but he who hates bribes will live.
The Emphasized Bible
He, troubleth his own house, who graspeth with greed, but, he that hateth gifts, shall live.
Webster
He that is greedy of gain troubleth his own house; but he that hateth gifts shall live.
Youngs Literal Translation
A dishonest gainer is troubling his house, And whoso is hating gifts liveth.
Themes
Bribery » Those that hate gifts (bribes)
Covetousness » Leads to » Domestic affliction
greed » Results of » Family trouble
Home » Family » Hard to bear causes of » greed
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Word Count of 20 Translations in Proverbs 15:27
Verse Info
Context Readings
A Wise Son Brings Blessings To Others
26 Yahweh detests the thoughts of the wicked, but the thoughts of the pure are pleasing. 27 He who is greedy for gain troubles his own house, but he who hates bribes will live. 28 The heart of the righteous weighs answers, but the mouth of the wicked gushes out evil.
Phrases
Names
Cross References
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.
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.
Proverbs 11:29
He who troubles his own house shall inherit the wind. The foolish shall be servant to the wise of heart.
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.
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.
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.
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 Israel accursed, and trouble it.
Joshua 7:11-12
Israel has sinned. Yes, they have even transgressed my covenant which I commanded them. Yes, they have even taken of the devoted things, and have also stolen, and also deceived. They have even put it among their own stuff.
Joshua 7:24-25
Joshua, and all Israel with him, took Achan the son of Zerah, the silver, the robe, the wedge of gold, his sons, his daughters, his cattle, his donkeys, his sheep, his tent, and all that he had; and they brought them up to the valley of Achor.
1 Samuel 8:3-5
His sons didn't walk in his ways, but turned aside after lucre, and took bribes, and perverted justice.
2 Kings 5:27
Therefore the leprosy of Naaman will cling to you and to your seed forever." He went out from his presence a leper, as white as snow.
Proverbs 11:19
He who is truly righteous gets life. He who pursues evil gets death.
Proverbs 20:21
An inheritance quickly gained at the beginning, won't be blessed in the end.
Proverbs 28:16
A tyrannical ruler lacks judgment. One who hates ill-gotten gain will have long days.
Proverbs 29:4
The king by justice makes the land stable, but he who takes bribes tears it down.
Isaiah 5:8-10
Woe to those who join house to house, who lay field to field, until there is no room, and you are made to dwell alone in the midst of the land!
Isaiah 33:15-16
He who walks righteously, and speaks blamelessly; He who despises the gain of oppressions, who gestures with his hands, refusing to take a bribe, who stops his ears from hearing of blood, and shuts his eyes from looking at evil --
Habakkuk 2:9-11
Woe to him who gets an evil gain for his house, that he may set his nest on high, that he may be delivered from the hand of evil!
Zechariah 5:3-4
Then he said to me, "This is the curse that goes out over the surface of the whole land; for everyone who steals shall be cut off according to it on the one side; and everyone who swears falsely shall be cut off according to it on the other side.