Proverbs 15:27
King James Version (KJV)
He that is greedy of gain troubleth his own house; but he that hateth gifts shall live.
American Standard Version (ASV)
He that is greedy of gain troubleth his own house; But he that hateth bribes shall live.
World English Bible (WEB)
He who is greedy for gain troubles his own house, but he who hates bribes will live.
Proverbs 15:27 Cross References
Neither shalt thou bring an abomination into thine house, lest thou be a cursed thing like it: but thou shalt utterly detest it, and thou shalt utterly abhor it; for it is a cursed thing.
And ye, in any wise keep yourselves from the accursed thing, lest ye make yourselves accursed, when ye take of the accursed thing, and make the camp of Israel a curse, and trouble it.
Israel hath sinned, and they have also transgressed my covenant which I commanded them: for they have even taken of the accursed thing, and have also stolen, and dissembled also, and they have put it even among their own stuff.
And his sons walked not in his ways, but turned aside after lucre, and took bribes, and perverted judgment.
Then all the elders of Israel gathered themselves together, and came to Samuel unto Ramah,
And said unto him, Behold, thou art old, and thy sons walk not in thy ways: now make us a king to judge us like all the nations.
So are the ways of every one that is greedy of gain; which taketh away the life of the owners thereof.
As righteousness tendeth to life: so he that pursueth evil pursueth it to his own death.
An inheritance may be gotten hastily at the beginning; but the end thereof shall not be blessed.
