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Proverbs 15

Prov. 15:27 KJV (With Strong’s)

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Heu that is greedy
batsa` (Hebrew #1214)
figuratively, to finish, or (intransitively) stop
KJV usage: (be) covet(- ous), cut (off), finish, fulfill, gain (greedily), get, be given to (covetousness), greedy, perform, be wounded.
Pronounce: baw-tsah'
Origin: a primitive root to break off, i.e. (usually) plunder
of gain
betsa` (Hebrew #1215)
plunder; by extension, gain (usually unjust)
KJV usage: covetousness, (dishonest) gain, lucre, profit.
Pronounce: beh'-tsah
Origin: from 1214
troubleth
`akar (Hebrew #5916)
properly, to roil water; figuratively, to disturb or affict
KJV usage: trouble, stir.
Pronounce: aw-kar'
Origin: a primitive root
his own house
bayith (Hebrew #1004)
a house (in the greatest variation of applications, especially family, etc.)
KJV usage: court, daughter, door, + dungeon, family, + forth of, X great as would contain, hangings, home(born), (winter)house(-hold), inside(-ward), palace, place, + prison, + steward, + tablet, temple, web, + within(-out).
Pronounce: bah'-yith
Origin: probably from 1129 abbreviated
; but he that hateth
sane' (Hebrew #8130)
to hate (personally)
KJV usage: enemy, foe, (be) hate(-ful, -r), odious, X utterly.
Pronounce: saw-nay'
Origin: a primitive root
gifts
mattanah (Hebrew #4979)
a present; specifically (in a good sense), a sacrificial offering, (in a bad sense) a bribe
KJV usage: gift.
Pronounce: mat-taw-naw'
Origin: feminine of 4976
shall live
chayah (Hebrew #2421)
to live, whether literally or figuratively; causatively, to revive
KJV usage: keep (leave, make) alive, X certainly, give (promise) life, (let, suffer to) live, nourish up, preserve (alive), quicken, recover, repair, restore (to life), revive, (X God) save (alive, life, lives), X surely, be whole.
Pronounce: khaw-yaw'
Origin: a primitive root (compare 2331, 2421)
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Isa. 5:8• 8Woe unto them that join house to house, [that] lay field to field, till [there be] no room, and ye be made to dwell alone in the midst of the land! (Isa. 5:8)
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Hab. 2:9‑10• 9Woe to him that coveteth an evil covetousness to his house, that he may set his nest on high, that he may be delivered from the power of evil!
 10Thou hast consulted shame to thy house by cutting off many people, and hast sinned against thy soul. (Hab. 2:9‑10)

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Prov. 1:19• 19So (are) the paths of every one that is greedy of gain:{HR}It taketh away the life of its owners. (Prov. 1:19)
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Prov. 11:19,29• 19As righteousness [tendeth] to life,{HR}So to death he that pursueth evil.
 29He that troubleth his own house shall inherit wind;{HR}And the fool [shall be] servant to the wise of heart. (Prov. 11:19,29)
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Prov. 20:21• 21An inheritance hastily gotten at the beginning{HR}Will not be blessed at the end. (Prov. 20:21)
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Deut. 7:26• 26{i}And thou shalt not bring an abomination into thy house, lest thou be a cursed thing like it: thou shalt utterly detest it, and thou shalt utterly abhor it; for it is a cursed thing.{/i} (Deut. 7:26)
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Josh. 6:18• 18And 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. (Josh. 6:18)
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Josh. 7:11‑12,24‑25• 11Israel 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.
 12Therefore the children of Israel could not stand before their enemies, but turned their backs before their enemies, because they were accursed. {i}I will no more be with you, except ye destroy the accursed thing from your midst.{/i}
 24And 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 unto the valley of Achor.
 25And Joshua said, Why hast thou troubled us? Jehovah shall trouble thee this day. And all Israel stoned him with stones, and burned them with fire, after they had stoned them with stones. (Josh. 7:11‑12,24‑25)
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1 Sam. 8:3‑5• 3{i}And his sons walked not in his ways, but turned aside after lucre, and took bribes, and perverted justice.{/i}
 4{i}Then all the elders of Israel gathered themselves together, and came to Samuel to Ramah,{/i}
 5{i}and said to him,{/i} Behold, thou art old, and thy sons walk not in thy ways: now make us a king to judge us like all the nations. (1 Sam. 8:3‑5)
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2 Kings 5:27• 27{i}But the leprosy of Naaman shall fasten upon thee, and upon thy seed forever. And he went out from his presence leprous, as snow.{/i} (2 Kings 5:27)
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Isa. 5:8‑10• 8Woe unto them that join house to house, [that] lay field to field, till [there be] no room, and ye be made to dwell alone in the midst of the land!
 9In mine ears [saith] Jehovah of hosts, Of a truth many houses shall be desolate, [even] great and fair, without inhabitant.
 10For ten acres of vineyard shall yield one bath, and a homer of seed shall yield [but] an ephah. (Isa. 5:8‑10)
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Jer. 17:11• 11As the partridge sitteth on eggs, and hatcheth them not; so he that getteth riches, and not by right, shall leave them in the midst of his days, and at his end shall be a fool. (Jer. 17:11)
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Hab. 2:9‑11• 9Woe to him that coveteth an evil covetousness to his house, that he may set his nest on high, that he may be delivered from the power of evil!
 10Thou hast consulted shame to thy house by cutting off many people, and hast sinned against thy soul.
 11For the stone shall cry out of the wall, and the beam out of the timber shall answer it. (Hab. 2:9‑11)
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Zech. 5:3‑4• 3Then said he unto me, This is the curse that goeth forth over the face of the whole earth: every one that stealeth shall be cut off {i}according to it on this side; and{/i} every one that sweareth shall be cut off as on that side according to it.
 4I will bring it forth, saith Jehovah of hosts, and it shall enter into the house of the thief, and into the house of him that sweareth falsely by my name; and it shall remain in the midst of his house, and shall consume it with the timber thereof and the stones thereof. (Zech. 5:3‑4)
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Prov. 28:16• 16{i}The prince void of intelligence is also a great oppressor:{HR}He that hateth covetousness shall prolong [his] days.{/i} (Prov. 28:16)
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Prov. 29:4• 4{i}A king by just judgment establisheth the land;{HR}But he that taketh gifts overthroweth it.{/i} (Prov. 29:4)
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Ex. 18:21• 21{i}But do thou provide among all the people able men, such as fear God, men of truth, hating covetousness; and place them over them, chiefs of thousands, chiefs of hundreds, chiefs of fifties, and chiefs of tens,{/i} (Ex. 18:21)
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Ex. 23:8• 8{i}And thou shalt take no bribe; for the bribe blindeth those whose eyes are open, and perverteth the words of the righteous.{/i} (Ex. 23:8)
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Deut. 16:19• 19{i}Thou shalt not wrest judgment; thou shalt not respect persons, neither take a bribe; for the bribe blindeth the eyes of the wise, and perverteth the words of the righteous.{/i} (Deut. 16:19)
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Isa. 33:15‑16• 15He that walketh righteously, and speaketh uprightly; he that despiseth the gain of oppressions, that shaketh his hands from taking hold of bribes, that stoppeth his ears from hearing of blood, and shutteth his eyes from seeing evil:
 16he shall dwell on high, his high retreat [shall be] the fortresses of the rocks; bread shall be given him; his waters [shall be] sure. (Isa. 33:15‑16)
• Bribe-taking has been a snare to which those whose place it is to sit on the judicial bench, and those called as witnesses, have ever been exposed. Greed and covetousness have proven the undoing of many such, to the ruin of themselves and the shame of all who bear their name. The hater of gifts—that is, the one who resolutely refuses to be bought (for in such a case the “gift” is really his price)—shall live. (“Proverbs Fifteen” by H.A. Ironside)

J. N. Darby Translation

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He that is greedy of gain troubleth his own house; but he that hateth gifts shall live.

W. Kelly Translation

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He that is greedy of gain troubleth his own house;{HR}But he that hateth gifts shall live.