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Commentary Index | Return to PrayerRequest.comKeil and Delitzsch Commentary - Proverbs 15:27 - 15:27
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27 Whoever does service to [servit] avarice troubleth his own house;
But he that hateth gifts shall live.
Regarding בֹּצֵעַ בֶּצַע, vid., at Pro 1:19, and regarding עֹכֵר בֵּיתוֹ, Pro 11:29, where it is subject, but here object.; Pro 28:16 is a variation of 27b. מַתָּנוֹת are here gifts in the sense of Ecc 7:7, which pervert judgment, and cause respect of persons. The lxx from this point mingles together a series of proverbs with those of the following chapter.