Cross references
Proverbs 15:27
He who is greedy for unjust gain brings trouble on his household,
but he who hates bribes will live.
Proverbs 15:27 has 20 cross-references in the OpenBible.info data, 8 of them with at least 4 reader votes. The strongest point to Exodus 23:8 (9 votes) and Proverbs 1:19 (8 votes). 12 other verses point back to it. It links with 12 other books, from Genesis 34 to 1 Timothy 6.
Which verses does Proverbs 15:27 point to?
Ranked by reader votes. Links with fewer than 4 votes are marked weak.
- Exodus 23:89 votes
Do not accept a bribe, for a bribe blinds those who see and twists the words of the righteous.
- Proverbs 1:198 votes
Such is the fate of all who are greedy, whose unjust gain takes the lives of its possessors.
- Jeremiah 17:116 votes
Like a partridge hatching eggs it did not lay is the man who makes a fortune unjustly. In the middle of his days his riches will desert him, and in the end he will be the fool.”
- Deuteronomy 16:195 votes
Do not deny justice or show partiality. Do not accept a bribe, for a bribe blinds the eyes of the wise and twists the words of the righteous.
- Proverbs 11:295 votes
He who brings trouble on his house will inherit the wind, and the fool will be servant to the wise of heart.
- Isaiah 33:15–165 votes
He who walks righteously and speaks with sincerity, who refuses gain from extortion, whose hand never takes a bribe, who stops his ears against murderous plots and shuts his eyes tightly against evil— he will dwell on the heights; the mountain fortress will be his refuge; his food will be provided and his water assured.
- Exodus 18:214 votes
Furthermore, select capable men from among the people—God-fearing, trustworthy men who are averse to dishonest gain. Appoint them over the people as leaders of thousands, of hundreds, of fifties, and of tens.
- Joshua 7:24–254 votes
Then Joshua, together with all Israel, took Achan son of Zerah, the silver, the cloak, the bar of gold, his sons and daughters, his oxen and donkeys and sheep, his tent, and everything else he owned, and brought them to the Valley of Achor. “Why have you brought this trouble upon us?” said Joshua. “Today the LORD will bring trouble upon you!” And all Israel stoned him to death. Then they stoned the others and burned their bodies.
- Habakkuk 2:9–113 votes
Woe to him who builds his house by unjust gain, to place his nest on high and escape the hand of disaster! You have plotted shame for your house by cutting off many peoples and forfeiting your life. …
- Zechariah 5:3–43 votes
Then he told me, “This is the curse that is going out over the face of all the land, for according to one side of the scroll, every thief will be removed; and according to the other side, every perjurer will be removed. I will send it out, declares the LORD of Hosts, and it will enter the house of the thief and the house of him who swears falsely by My name. It will remain inside his house and destroy it, down to its timbers and stones.”
- Deuteronomy 7:262 votes
- Joshua 6:182 votes
- Joshua 7:11–122 votes
- 1 Samuel 8:3–52 votes
- 2 Kings 5:272 votes
- Proverbs 11:192 votes
- Proverbs 20:212 votes
- Proverbs 28:162 votes
- Proverbs 29:42 votes
- Isaiah 5:8–102 votes
Which verses point to Proverbs 15:27?
The 10 strongest of 12.