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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  • Exod 23:8 : 8 And you shall take no bribe, for a bribe blinds the discerning and perverts the words of the righteous.
  • 2 Kgs 5:27 : 27 Therefore the leprosy of Naaman shall cling to you, and to your descendants forever. And he went out from his presence a leper as white as snow.
  • Prov 1:19 : 19 So are the ways of everyone who is greedy for gain; it takes away the life of its owners.
  • Deut 16:19 : 19 You shall not pervert justice; you shall not show partiality, nor take a bribe: for a bribe blinds the eyes of the wise, and perverts the words of the righteous.
  • Prov 11:29 : 29 He who troubles his own house shall inherit the wind, and the fool shall be servant to the wise of heart.
  • Jer 17:11 : 11 As the partridge sits on eggs, and hatches them not; so he that gets riches, and not by right, shall leave them in the midst of his days, and at his end shall be a fool.
  • Hab 2:9-9 : 9 Woe to him who covets an evil covetousness to his house, that he may set his nest on high, that he may be delivered from the power of evil! 10 You have consulted shame to your house by cutting off many people, and have sinned against your soul. 11 For the stone shall cry out from the wall, and the beam from the timber shall answer it.
  • Zech 5:3-4 : 3 Then he said to me, This is the curse that goes forth over the face of the whole earth: for everyone who steals shall be cut off according to it on this side; and everyone who swears shall be cut off according to it on that side. 4 I will bring it forth, says the LORD of hosts, and it shall enter into the house of the thief, and into the house of him who swears falsely by my name: and it shall remain in the midst of his house, and shall consume it, with its timber and its stones.
  • Exod 18:21 : 21 Moreover, you shall select from all the people able men, such as fear God, men of truth, hating covetousness; and place them over them to be rulers of thousands, rulers of hundreds, rulers of fifties, and rulers of tens.
  • Prov 20:21 : 21 An inheritance may be gained hastily at the beginning, but its end shall not be blessed.
  • Prov 28:16 : 16 The prince who lacks understanding is also a great oppressor, but he who hates covetousness shall prolong his days.
  • Prov 29:4 : 4 The king establishes the land by justice; but he who accepts bribes overthrows it.
  • Isa 5:8-9 : 8 Woe to those who join house to house, who lay field to field, till there is no place, that they may dwell alone in the midst of the earth! 9 In my ears said the LORD of hosts, Truly many houses shall be desolate, even great and beautiful, without inhabitant. 10 Indeed, ten acres of vineyard shall yield one bath, and the seed of a homer shall yield an ephah.
  • Isa 33:15-16 : 15 He who walks righteously, and speaks uprightly; he who despises the gain of oppressions, who shakes his hands from holding bribes, who stops his ears from hearing of bloodshed, and shuts his eyes from seeing evil; 16 He will dwell on high; his place of defense will be the fortress of rocks; bread will be given to him; his water will be sure.
  • Josh 6:18 : 18 And you, by all means keep yourselves from the accursed thing, lest you make yourselves accursed, when you take of the accursed thing, and make the camp of Israel a curse, and trouble it.
  • Josh 7:11-12 : 11 Israel has 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 deceived also, and they have put it even among their own stuff. 12 Therefore the children of Israel could not stand before their enemies, but turned their backs before their enemies, because they were accursed: neither will I be with you anymore, except you destroy the accursed from among you.
  • Josh 7:24-25 : 24 And Joshua, and all Israel with him, took Achan the son of Zerah, and the silver, and the garment, and the wedge of gold, and his sons, and his daughters, and his oxen, and his asses, and his sheep, and his tent, and all that he had: and they brought them to the valley of Achor. 25 And Joshua said, Why have you troubled us? the LORD shall trouble you this day. And all Israel stoned him with stones, and burned them with fire, after they had stoned them with stones.
  • 1 Sam 8:3-5 : 3 But his sons did not walk in his ways, but turned aside after dishonest gain, and took bribes, and perverted justice. 4 Then all the elders of Israel gathered together, and came to Samuel at Ramah, 5 And said to him, Behold, you are old, and your sons do not walk in your ways: now make us a king to judge us like all the nations.
  • Prov 11:19 : 19 As righteousness leads to life, so he who pursues evil pursues it to his own death.
  • Deut 7:26 : 26 Neither shall you bring an abomination into your house, lest you become a cursed thing like it: but you shall utterly detest it, and you shall utterly abhor it; for it is a cursed thing.

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  • Prov 1:19
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    19 So are the ways of everyone who is greedy for gain; it takes away the life of its owners.

  • Prov 21:26
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    26 He covets greedily all day long, but the righteous gives and does not hold back.

  • Prov 15:6
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    6 In the house of the righteous is much treasure, but in the income of the wicked is trouble.

  • Prov 17:23
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    23 A wicked man takes a bribe out of the bosom, to pervert the ways of justice.

  • Hab 2:9
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    9 Woe to him who covets an evil covetousness to his house, that he may set his nest on high, that he may be delivered from the power of evil!

  • Prov 28:16
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    16 The prince who lacks understanding is also a great oppressor, but he who hates covetousness shall prolong his days.

  • Prov 11:27-29
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    27 He who diligently seeks good procures favor, but he who seeks evil, it shall come to him.

    28 He who trusts in his riches shall fall, but the righteous shall flourish like a branch.

    29 He who troubles his own house shall inherit the wind, and the fool shall be servant to the wise of heart.

  • Prov 22:16
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    16 He who oppresses the poor to increase his riches, and he who gives to the rich, shall surely come to want.

  • Eccl 7:7
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    7 Surely oppression makes a wise man mad, and a bribe destroys the heart.

  • Prov 28:22
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    22 He who hastens to be rich has an evil eye and does not consider that poverty shall come upon him.

  • Exod 23:8
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    8 And you shall take no bribe, for a bribe blinds the discerning and perverts the words of the righteous.

  • Prov 28:8
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    8 He who by usury and unjust gain increases his wealth gathers it for one who will pity the poor.

  • Prov 28:19-20
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    19 He who tills his land shall have plenty of bread, but he who follows vain persons shall have poverty enough.

    20 A faithful person shall abound with blessings, but he who hastens to be rich shall not be innocent.

  • Prov 28:25
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    25 He who is of a proud heart stirs up strife, but he who puts his trust in the LORD shall be made prosperous.

  • Isa 33:15
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    15 He who walks righteously, and speaks uprightly; he who despises the gain of oppressions, who shakes his hands from holding bribes, who stops his ears from hearing of bloodshed, and shuts his eyes from seeing evil;

  • Prov 17:13
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    13 Whoever rewards evil for good, evil shall not depart from his house.

  • Prov 17:19-20
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    19 He who loves transgression loves strife, and he who exalts his gate seeks destruction.

    20 He who has a perverse heart finds no good, and he who has a deceitful tongue falls into trouble.

  • Prov 11:15
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    15 He who is surety for a stranger shall suffer for it, and he who hates suretyship is secure.

  • Prov 17:8
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    8 A gift is as a precious stone in the eyes of him who has it; wherever it turns, it prospers.

  • Prov 29:24
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    24 Whoever is a partner with a thief hates his own soul; he hears cursing, and does not reveal it.

  • Prov 10:2
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    2 Treasures of wickedness profit nothing, but righteousness delivers from death.

  • Prov 21:14
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    14 A gift in secret soothes anger, and a reward in the bosom pacifies strong wrath.

  • Jer 22:13
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    13 Woe to him who builds his house by unrighteousness, and his upper rooms by injustice; who uses his neighbor’s service without wages, and gives him nothing for his work;

  • Prov 29:4
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    4 The king establishes the land by justice; but he who accepts bribes overthrows it.

  • Prov 6:35
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    35 He will not regard any ransom; neither will he be content, though you give many gifts.

  • Prov 13:11
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    11 Wealth gotten by vanity shall be diminished, but he who gathers by labor shall increase.

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    10 He who loves silver shall not be satisfied with silver, nor he who loves abundance with increase; this also is vanity.

  • Eccl 5:13
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    13 There is a grievous evil which I have seen under the sun, namely, riches kept for the owners to their hurt.

  • Ezek 18:13
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    13 Has given out loans with interest, and has taken increase; shall he then live? He shall not live: he has done all these abominations; he shall surely die; his blood shall be upon him.

  • Prov 28:27
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    27 He who gives to the poor shall not lack, but he who hides his eyes will have many curses.

  • Prov 15:16
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    16 Better is a little with the fear of the LORD than great treasure with trouble.

  • Prov 15:28
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    28 The heart of the righteous studies how to answer, but the mouth of the wicked pours out evil things.

  • Prov 14:17
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    17 He who is quickly angry acts foolishly, and a man of wicked intentions is hated.

  • Prov 21:17
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    17 He who loves pleasure will be a poor man; he who loves wine and oil will not be rich.

  • Prov 21:5-6
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    5 The thoughts of the diligent lead only to abundance, but everyone who is hasty, only to poverty.

    6 The accumulation of treasures by a lying tongue is a fleeting vanity to those who seek death.

  • Prov 15:26
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    26 The thoughts of the wicked are an abomination to the LORD, but the words of the pure are pleasant words.

  • Jer 5:27
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    27 As a cage is full of birds, so are their houses full of deceit: therefore they have become great, and grown rich.

  • Prov 25:17
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    17 Withdraw your foot from your neighbor's house, lest he become weary of you and so hate you.

  • Prov 13:7
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    7 There is one who makes himself rich, yet has nothing; there is one who makes himself poor, yet has great riches.

  • Prov 11:18
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    18 The wicked works a deceitful work, but he who sows righteousness shall have a sure reward.

  • 1 Tim 6:9
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    9 But those who desire to be rich fall into temptation and a snare, and into many foolish and harmful lusts, which drown men in destruction and perdition.

  • Ps 15:5
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    5 He who does not put out his money at usury, nor take a bribe against the innocent. He who does these things shall never be moved.

  • Ps 26:10
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    10 in whose hands is mischief, and their right hand is full of bribes.

  • Prov 28:6
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    6 Better is the poor who walks in his integrity than he who is perverse in his ways, though he be rich.

  • Prov 19:23
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    23 The fear of the LORD leads to life, and he who has it shall abide satisfied; he shall not be visited with evil.

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