1883 Haydock Douay Rheims Bible

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Proverbs 15:27 He that is greedy of gain troubleth his own house: but he that hateth bribes shall live.

Proverbs 16:6.
Troubleth. With all sorts of temporal misfortunes. A judge who receives bribes, is accursed, Exodus 23:8. --- By, etc., is not here in Hebrew, but [in] Proverbs 16:6. St. Cyprian (3 Test.) found it in his copy. --- Faith, or fidelity and truth, as it is elsewhere expressed, Proverbs 3:3. These virtues move God to pardon.