משלי 15:27

Hebrew Modern Translation

עכר ביתו בוצע בצע ושונא מתנת יחיה׃

Parallel Translations

Hebrew Aleppo Codex
ביתו בוצע בצע ושונא מתנת יחיה

Biblia Hebrica Stuttgartensia (1967/77)
עֹכֵ֣ר בֵּ֭יתוֹ בּוֹצֵ֣עַ בָּ֑צַע וְשׂוֹנֵ֖א מַתָּנֹ֣ת יִחְיֶֽה ׃

Westminster Leningrad Codex
עֹכֵר בֵּיתוֹ בּוֹצֵעַ בָּצַע וְשׂוֹנֵא מַתָּנֹת יִחְיֶֽה ׃

Bible Verse Review
  from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge

He that is: Proverbs 1:19, Proverbs 11:19, Proverbs 11:29, Proverbs 20:21, Deuteronomy 7:26, Joshua 6:18, Joshua 7:11, Joshua 7:12, Joshua 7:24, Joshua 7:25, 1 Samuel 8:3-5, 2 Kings 5:27, Isaiah 5:8-10, Jeremiah 17:11, Habakkuk 2:9-11, Zechariah 5:3, Zechariah 5:4

but: Proverbs 28:16, Proverbs 29:4, Exodus 18:21, Exodus 23:8, Deuteronomy 16:19, Isaiah 33:15, Isaiah 33:16

Reciprocal: Genesis 34:30 - Ye have 1 Samuel 15:19 - fly upon 1 Kings 2:40 - arose Proverbs 11:17 - but 1 Timothy 3:3 - not greedy 1 Timothy 6:9 - they

Gill's Notes on the 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 falsehood, or unrighteousness, as the Targum; he entails a curse and brings ruin and destruction upon his family; the Septuagint and Arabic versions are, he "destroys himself"; or "his own soul", as the Syriac version; it may be understood of a man that is over anxious and eager to be rich, and hurries on business, and gives his servants no proper time for food and rest; Habakkuk 2:9- :;

but he that hateth gifts shall live; that rejects them with abhorrence, when offered to bribe him to pervert judgment, or to do an unjust thing; otherwise gifts may be lawfully received from one friend by another; the sin is when they are given and taken for the sake of doing what is base and sinful; and a man that shakes his hand from receiving gifts on such a basis, he and his family shall prosper and increase in worldly things; and, doing this from a right principle of grace, shall live comfortably in a spiritual sense, and thrive and flourish in his soul, and live an eternal life hereafter; see Psalms 16:5.

t בוצע בצע "appetens concupiscentiam", Montanus; "qui avaritiam inhiat" Tigurine version; "concupiscens concupiscentiam", Vatablus.

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 words with special reference to wealth obtained by unjust judgments. May we infer that Christ’s adoption of that phrase Luke 16:9 had a point of contact with this proverb, through the version then popularly used in the synagogues of Palestine?

Clarke's Notes on the Bible

Verse Proverbs 15:27. He that is greedy of gain — He who will be rich; troubleth his own house-he is a torment to himself and his family by his avariciousness and penury, and a curse to those with whom he deals.

But he that hateth gifts — Whatever is given to pervert judgment.