Proverbs 15:27 (BSB)

He who is greedy for unjust gain brings trouble on his household, but he who hates bribes will live.

From Proverbs 15. Also in the ESV.

Commentary on Proverbs 15:27

• Matthew Henry (Presbyterian), Matthew Henry's Complete Commentary on Proverbs 15:27: Note, 1. Those that are covetous entail trouble upon their families: He that is greedy of gain, and therefore makes himself a slave to the world, rises up early, sits up late, and eats the bread of carefulness, in pursuit of it - he that hurries, and puts himself and all about him upon the stretch, in business, frets and vexes at every loss and...
• John Gill (Reformed Baptist), Exposition of the Old and New Testaments on Proverbs 15:27: He that is greedy of gain troubleth his own house,.... Or "that covets a covetousness" (t), an evil one, as in Hab 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"...
• Jamieson-Fausset-Brown (Reformed), Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible on Proverbs 15:27: (Compare Pro 11:17). Avarice brings trouble to him and his. hateth gifts--or, "bribes" (Exo 23:8; Psa 15:5), and is not avaricious.
• Keil & Delitzsch (Lutheran), Biblical Commentary on the Old Testament on Proverbs 15:27: Pro 15:27 27 Whoever does service to [servit] avarice troubleth his own house; But he that hateth gifts shall live. Regarding בּצע בּצע, vid., at Pro 1:19, and regarding עכר בּיתו, Pro 11:29, where it is subject, but here object.; Pro 28:16 is a variation of 27b. מתּנות are here gifts in the sense of Ecc 7:7, which pervert judgment, and cause respect of persons.