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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 add house to house, that join field to field, until there is no more room, and that ye dwell yourselves alone in the midst of the land! (Isa. 5:8)
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Hab. 2:9‑10• 9Woe to him that getteth iniquitous gain to his house, that he may set his nest on high, that he may be delivered from the grasp of evil!
 10Thou hast devised shame to thy house, by cutting off many peoples, and hast sinned against thine own soul. (Hab. 2:9‑10)

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He that is.
Prov. 1:19• 19So are the paths of every one that is greedy of gain: it taketh away the life of its possessors. (Prov. 1:19)
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Prov. 11:19,29• 19As righteousness tendeth to life, so he that pursueth evil doeth it to his own death.
 29He that troubleth his own house shall inherit wind; and the fool shall be servant to the wise of heart. (Prov. 11:19,29)
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Prov. 20:21• 21An inheritance obtained hastily at the beginning will not be blessed in the end. (Prov. 20:21)
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Deut. 7:26• 26And 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. (Deut. 7:26)
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Josh. 6:18• 18But in any wise keep from the accursed thing, lest ye make yourselves accursed in taking 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, and they have even taken of the accursed thing, and have also stolen, and dissembled also, and they have put it among their stuff.
 12And the children of Israel shall not be able to stand before their enemies: they shall turn their backs before their enemies, for they have made themselves accursed. I will no more be with you, except ye destroy the accursed thing from your midst.
 24Then Joshua, and all Israel with him, took Achan the son of Zerah, and the silver, and the mantle, and the bar 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 up into the valley of Achor.
 25And Joshua said, How hast thou troubled us! Jehovah will trouble thee this day. And all Israel stoned him with stones; and they burned them with fire, and stoned them with stones. (Josh. 7:11‑12,24‑25)
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1 Sam. 8:3‑5• 3And his sons walked not in his ways, but turned aside after lucre, and took bribes, and perverted justice.
 4Then all the elders of Israel gathered themselves together, and came to Samuel to Ramah,
 5and said to him, Behold, thou art become old, and thy sons walk not in thy ways: now appoint us a king to judge us, like all the nations. (1 Sam. 8:3‑5)
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2 Kings 5:27• 27But the leprosy of Naaman shall fasten upon thee, and upon thy seed for ever. And he went out from his presence leprous, as snow. (2 Kings 5:27)
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Isa. 5:8‑10• 8Woe unto them that add house to house, that join field to field, until there is no more room, and that ye dwell yourselves alone in the midst of the land!
 9In mine ears Jehovah of hosts hath said, Many houses shall assuredly become a desolation, great and excellent ones, without inhabitant.
 10Yea, ten acres of vineyard shall yield one bath, and a homer of seed shall yield an ephah. (Isa. 5:8‑10)
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Jer. 17:11• 11As the partridge sitteth on eggs it hath not laid, so is he that getteth riches and not by right: in the midst of his days shall he leave them, and at his end shall be a fool. (Jer. 17:11)
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Hab. 2:9‑11• 9Woe to him that getteth iniquitous gain to his house, that he may set his nest on high, that he may be delivered from the grasp of evil!
 10Thou hast devised shame to thy house, by cutting off many peoples, and hast sinned against thine own 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• 3And he said unto me, This is the curse that goeth forth over the face of the whole land: for every one that stealeth shall be cut off according to it on this side; and every one that sweareth shall be cut off according to it on that side.
 4I will cause it to go 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 lodge 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• 16The prince void of intelligence is also a great oppressor: he that hateth covetousness shall prolong his days. (Prov. 28:16)
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Prov. 29:4• 4A king by just judgment establisheth the land; but he that taketh gifts overthroweth it. (Prov. 29:4)
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Ex. 18:21• 21But 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, (Ex. 18:21)
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Ex. 23:8• 8And thou shalt take no bribe; for the bribe blindeth those whose eyes are open, and perverteth the words of the righteous. (Ex. 23:8)
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Deut. 16:19• 19Thou 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. (Deut. 16:19)
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Isa. 33:15‑16• 15--He 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, the fortresses of the rocks shall be his high retreat; bread shall be given him, his water 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.