THEOSISProverbs 15:27Meaning & Commentary from the Church Fathers
He that is greedy of gain troubleth his own house: but he that hateth bribes shall live. By mercy and faith sins are purged away: and by the fear of the Lord every one declineth from evil.
עֹכֵ֣ר בֵּ֭יתוֹ בּוֹצֵ֣עַ בָּ֑צַע וְשׂוֹנֵ֖א מַתָּנֹ֣ת יִחְיֶֽה׃
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Passages read together with this verse.
- Prov 1:19So the ways of every covetous man destroy the souls of the possessors.
- Ex 23:8Neither shalt thou take bribes, which even blind the wise, and pervert the words of the just.
- Jer 17:11As the partridge hath hatched eggs which she did not lay: so is he that hath gathered riches, and not by right: in the midst of his days he shall leave them, and in his latter end he shall be a fool.
- Prov 11:29He that troubleth his own house, shall inherit the winds: and the fool shall serve the wise.
- Isa 33:15He that walketh in justices, and speaketh truth, that casteth away avarice by oppression, and shaketh his hands from all bribes, that stoppeth his ears lest he hear blood, and shutteth his eyes that he may see no evil.
- Isa 33:16He shall dwell on high, the fortifications of rocks shall be his highness: bread is given him, his waters are sure.
- Deut 16:19And not go aside to either part. Thou shalt not accept person nor gifts: for gifts blind the eyes of the wise, and change the words of the just.
- Ex 18:21And provide out of all the people able men, such as fear God, in whom there is truth, and that hate avarice, and appoint of them rulers of thousands, and of hundreds, and of fifties, and of tens,