Proverbs 15:27 Commentary, explanation, study verse by verse

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

• Proverbs 15:27 - Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

  Gifts - There is a special application to the office of the judge. The Aramaic Targum paraphrases the first words of this passage as: “he who gathers the mammon of unrighteousness,” using the wor...

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• Proverbs 15:27 - Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

  Proverbs 15. This chapter makes no new departure. Proverbs concerning the moral government of the world again occupy the chief place. One ( Proverbs 15:11 ) is noteworthy as showing an extended con...

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• Proverbs 15:27 - Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

  gifts . bribes. Compare Proverbs 18:1 ; Proverbs 20:21 .

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• Proverbs 15:27 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

  He that is greedy of gain troubleth his own house; but he that hateth gifts shall live. He that is greedy of gain - He who will be rich; troubleth his own house - he is a torment to himself and his f...

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• Proverbs 15:27 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

  He that is greedy of gain troubleth his own house; but he that hateth gifts shall live. He that is greedy of gain troubleth his own house (by taking gifts as a judge, Exodus 23:8 , and the...

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• Proverbs 15:27 - Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

  1. Grievous ] i.e. annoying. 'If one pour in hot water let the other pour in cold.'

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• Proverbs 15:27 - Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

  He that is greedy of gain. — Ill-gotten gain, especially bribes, as is seen in the next line. Troubleth his own house. — The word used of Achan ( Joshua 7:25 ). Gifts. — Bribes taken by a jud...

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• Proverbs 15:27 - Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

  CHAPTER 16 A PASSIONATE DISPOSITION "A soft answer turneth away wrath: but a grievous word stirreth up anger." In the LXX there is another clause inserted at the beginning.- Proverbs 15:1 "A m...

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• Proverbs 15:27 - Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

  Words in Season Proverbs 15:18-33 Learn to be slow to anger. This paragraph describes the even temper which is blessed to live with and blessed to die with. Temper is said to be nine-tenths of...

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• Proverbs 15:27 - G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

  Verse Proverbs 15:11 . This is a simple method of drawing attention to God's perfect knowledge of all the deepest and hidden things. If that which is most full of mystery to us is perfectly known to...

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• Proverbs 15:27 - Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

  A wrathful man stirreth up strife: but he that is slow to anger appeaseth strife. The way of the slothful man is as an hedge of thorns: but the way of the righteous is made plain. A wise son maketh a...

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• Proverbs 15:27 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

  He that is greedy of gain troubleth his own house ,.... Or "that covets a covetousness" t, an evil one, as in Habakkuk 2:9 ; that seeks riches by unlawful means, that gathers the mammon of falsehoo...

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• Proverbs 15:27 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

  He that is greedy of gain troubleth his own house; but he that hateth gifts shall live. Ver. 27. He that is greedy of gain, troubleth his own house. ] Fires his own nest while he thinks to feather...

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• Proverbs 15:27 - Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

  He that is greedy of gain That seeketh wealth by unjust practices, which the opposite clause shows to be the sense intended; troubleth his own house Bringeth God's displeasure and destruction upo...

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• Proverbs 15:27 - Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

        27 He that is greedy of gain troubleth his own house; but he that hateth gifts shall live.       Note, 1. Those that are covetous entail trouble upon their families: He that is greedy of...

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• Proverbs 15:27 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

  He that is greedy of gain, that seeketh wealth by unjust courses, as appears from the opposite clause, troubleth his own house; bringeth God's curse and destruction upon himself and his family, w...

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• Proverbs 15:27 - Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

  CRITICAL NOTES.— Proverbs 15:27 . Gifts , i.e. , “bribes.” MAIN HOMILETICS OF Proverbs 15:27 THE CURSE OF COVETOUSNESS I. A definition of a covetous man . “He that is greedy of gain.”...

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• Proverbs 15:27 - Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

  Proverbs 15:1 . A soft answer turneth away wrath. It bows to the tempest, it names a mitigating circumstance, it gives a favourable turn to misconstruction, it proposes a better way. My father, sa...

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• Proverbs 15:27 - The Complete Pulpit Commentary

  EXPOSITION Proverbs 15:1 A soft answer turneth away wrath . Two things are here to be observed: an answer should be given—the injured person should not wrap himself in sullen silence; and...

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• Proverbs 15:27 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

  v. 27. He that is greedy of gain, his covetousness causing him to seek unjust gain, troubleth his own house, for his actions are bound to bring unpleasant consequences to his own family; but he...

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• Proverbs 15:27 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

  1 Samuel 8:3-5 ; 2 Kings 5:27 ; Deuteronomy 16:19 ; Deuteronomy 7:26 ; Exodus 18:21 ; Exodus 23:8 ; Habakkuk 2:9-11 ; Isaiah 33:15 ; Isaiah 33:16 ; Isaiah 5:8-10 ; Jeremiah 17:11 ; Joshua...

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• Proverbs 15:27 - Wesley's Explanatory Notes

  Troubleth — Brings God's curse upon himself and family. Gifts — Bribes given to corrupt judgment. Live — Shall preserve himself and family from ruin.

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