Proverbs 15:27
a [By alms and by faithful dealings + 15:27a Observe, this is not in the Heb. nor any such doctrine.sins are purged away;] but by the fear of the Lord every one departs from evil.
Brenton Septuagint
In The King James Version
He that is greedy of gain troubleth his own house; but he that hateth gifts shall live.
In Context
26An unrighteous thought is abomination to the Lord; but the sayings of the pure are held in honour.
Cross References
Exodus 18:21And do thou look out for thyself out of all the people able men, fearing God, righteous men, hating pride, and thou shalt set over + 18:21 Gr. them.the people captains of thousands and captains of hundreds, and captains of fifties, and captains of tens.
Deuteronomy 7:26And thou shalt not bring an abomination into thine house, so + 7:26 Gr. shalt.shouldest thou be an accursed thing like it; thou shalt utterly hate it, and altogether abominate it, because it is an accursed thing.
Joshua 6:18But keep yourselves strictly from the accursed thing, lest ye set your mind upon and take of the accursed thing, and ye make the camp of the children of Israel an accursed thing, and destroy us.
Joshua 7:24And Joshua took Achar the son of Zara, and brought him to the valley of Achor, and his sons, and his daughters, and his calves, and his asses, and all his sheep, and his tent, and all his property, and all the people were with him; and he brought them to + 7:24 Heb. עמק עכור valley of trouble.Emec Achor.
1 Samuel 8:3And his sons did not walk in his way; and they turned aside after gain, and took gifts, and perverted judgments.
2 Kings 5:27The leprosy also of Naiman shall cleave to thee, and to thy seed for ever. And he went out from his presence leprous, like snow.
Matthew Henry on Proverbs 15:27
26 The thoughts of the wicked are an abomination to the Lord : but the words of the pure are pleasant words. The former part of this verse speaks of thoughts, the latter of words, but they come all to one; for thoughts are words to God, and words are judged of by the thoughts from which they proceed, so that, 1. The thoughts and words of the wicked, which are, like themselves, wicked, which aim at mischief, and have some ill tendency or other, are an abomination to the Lord; he is displeased at them and will… Read the whole commentary →