Selah · Bible verse
Proverbs 15:27
He who is greedy for gain troubles his own house, but he who hates bribes will live.
In context
25Yahweh will uproot the house of the proud, but he will keep the widow’s borders intact.
26Yahweh detests the thoughts of the wicked, but the thoughts of the pure are pleasing.
27He who is greedy for gain troubles his own house, but he who hates bribes will live.
28The heart of the righteous weighs answers, but the mouth of the wicked gushes out evil.
29Yahweh is far from the wicked, but he hears the prayer of the righteous.
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In other languages
日本語 · 箴言 15:27 · 口語訳聖書不正な利をむさぼる者はその家を煩らわせる、まいないを憎む者は生きながらえる。한국어 · 잠언 15:27 · 개역한글이를 탐하는 자는 자기 집을 해롭게 하나 뇌물을 싫어하는 자는 사느니라Español · Proverbios 15:27 · Reina-Valera (1909)Alborota su casa el codicioso: mas el que aborrece las dádivas vivirá.Português · Provérbios 15:27 · Bíblia Livre (2018)Quem pratica a ganância perturba sua própria casa; mas quem odeia subornos viverá.
