Proverbs 15:27

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

Related Commentaries of 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 gat...
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 ( Proverb...
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 hi...
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...
Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

1. Grievous ] i.e. annoying. 'If one pour in hot water let the other pour in cold.'
Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

Bribery is one of the greatest curses of the East ( Exodus 18:21 ; Ezekiel 22:12 ; Sir 17:7).
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...
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...
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...
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 i...
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 o...
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 u...
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 hous...
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 hou...
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 t...
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 cu...
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 o...
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 miscon...
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 pers...
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 u...
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...
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 rui...

²⁷ He that is greedy of gain troubleth his own house; but he that hateth gifts shall live.

Related Commentaries of Proverbs 15:27

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

John Trapp Complete Commentary

Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

The Complete Pulpit Commentary

The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Wesley's Explanatory Notes

Proverbs 15:27