Proverbs 15:27

Young's Literal Translation (1862/1898)

A dishonest gainer is troubling his house, And whoso is hating gifts liveth.

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Referenced Verses

  • Exod 23:8 : 8 `And a bribe thou dost not take; for the bribe bindeth the open-`eyed', and perverteth the words of the righteous.
  • 2 Kgs 5:27 : 27 yea, the leprosy of Naaman doth cleave to thee, and to thy seed, -- to the age;' and he goeth out from before him -- leprous as snow.
  • Prov 1:19 : 19 So `are' the paths of every gainer of dishonest gain, The life of its owners it taketh.
  • Deut 16:19 : 19 Thou dost not turn aside judgment; thou dost not discern faces, nor take a bribe, for the bribe blindeth the eyes of the wise, and perverteth the words of the righteous.
  • Prov 11:29 : 29 Whoso is troubling his own house inheriteth wind, And a servant `is' the fool to the wise of heart.
  • Jer 17:11 : 11 A partridge hatching, and not bringing forth, `Is' one making wealth, and not by right, In the midst of his days he doth forsake it, And in his latter end -- he is a fool.
  • Hab 2:9-9 : 9 Wo `to' him who is gaining evil gain for his house, To set on high his nest, To be delivered from the hand of evil, 10 Thou hast counselled a shameful thing to thy house, To cut off many peoples, and sinful `is' thy soul. 11 For a stone from the wall doth cry out, And a holdfast from the wood answereth it.
  • Zech 5:3-4 : 3 And he saith unto me, `This `is' the execration that is going forth over the face of all the land, for every one who is stealing, on the one side, according to it, hath been declared innocent, and every one who hath sworn, on the other side, according to it, hath been declared innocent. 4 `I have brought it out -- an affirmation of Jehovah of Hosts -- and it hath come in unto the house of the thief, and unto the house of him who hath sworn in My name to a falsehood, and it hath remained in the midst of his house, and hath consumed it, both its wood and its stones.'
  • Exod 18:21 : 21 `And thou -- thou dost provide out of all the people men of ability, fearing God, men of truth, hating dishonest gain, and hast placed `these' over them, heads of thousands, heads of hundreds, heads of fifties, and heads of tens,
  • Prov 20:21 : 21 An inheritance gotten wrongly at first, Even its latter end is not blessed.
  • Prov 28:16 : 16 A leader lacking understanding multiplieth oppressions, Whoso is hating dishonest gain prolongeth days.
  • Prov 29:4 : 4 A king by judgment establisheth a land, And one receiving gifts throweth it down.
  • Isa 5:8-9 : 8 Wo `to' those joining house to house, Field to field they bring near, till there is no place, And ye have been settled by yourselves In the midst of the land! 9 By the weapons of Jehovah of Hosts Do not many houses a desolation become? Great and good without inhabitant! 10 For ten acres of vineyard do yield one bath, And an homer of seed yieldeth an ephah.
  • Isa 33:15-16 : 15 Whoso is walking righteously, And is speaking uprightly, Kicking against gain of oppressions, Shaking his hands from taking hold on a bribe, Stopping his ear from hearing of blood, And shutting his eyes from looking on evil, 16 He high places doth inhabit, Strongholds of rock `are' his high tower, His bread hath been given, his waters stedfast.
  • Josh 6:18 : 18 and surely ye have kept from the devoted thing, lest ye devote `yourselves', and have taken from the devoted thing, and have made the camp of Israel become a devoted thing, and have troubled it;
  • Josh 7:11-12 : 11 Israel hath sinned, and also they have transgressed My covenant which I commanded them, and also taken of the devoted thing, and also stolen, and also deceived, and also put `it' among their vessels, 12 and the sons of Israel have not been able to stand before their enemies; the neck they turn before their enemies, for they have become a devoted thing; I add not to be with you -- if ye destroy not the devoted thing out of your midst.
  • Josh 7:24-25 : 24 And Joshua taketh Achan son of Zerah, and the silver, and the robe, and the wedge of gold, and his sons, and his daughters, and his ox, and his ass, and his flock, and his tent, and all that he hath, and all Israel with him, and they cause them to go up the valley of Achor. 25 And Joshua saith, `What! thou hast troubled us! -- Jehovah doth trouble thee this day;' and all Israel cast stones at him, and they burn them with fire, and they stone them with stones,
  • 1 Sam 8:3-5 : 3 and his sons have not walked in his ways, and turn aside after the dishonest gain, and take a bribe, and turn aside judgment. 4 And all the elders of Israel gather themselves together, and come in unto Samuel to Ramath, 5 and say unto him, `Lo, thou hast become aged, and thy sons have not walked in thy ways; now, appoint to us a king, to judge us, like all the nations.'
  • Prov 11:19 : 19 Rightly `is' righteousness for life, And whoso is pursuing evil -- for his own death.
  • Deut 7:26 : 26 and thou dost not bring in an abomination unto thy house -- or thou hast been devoted like it; -- thou dost utterly detest it, and thou dost utterly abominate it; for it `is' devoted.

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