Proverbs 15:27

He that is greedy of gain troubleth his own house; but he that hateth gifts shall live.

He that is greedy of gain troubleth his own house (by taking gifts as a judge, , and therefore shall die): but he that hateth gifts shall live - and in the meantime troubleth not his house-namely, by introducing an element of evil ruinous to his house, as Achan's secreting of the Babylonian garment and the gold proved a "trouble" to his own house and to Israel, and brought death on himself at last (; ; cf. ). Seeking to aggrandize himself and his house, he only troubles it and ruins himself (). It is not enough to abstain from evil, we must also 'hate' it ().