Proverbs 15:27-29

Expanded Bible

²⁷ ·Greedy people [^LThose who get unjust gain] bring trouble to their ·families [^Lhouse],
but the person who ·can’t be paid to do wrong [^Lhates gifts/bribes] will live.

²⁸ ·Good people [^LThe heart/mind of the righteous] ·think [reflect; meditate] before they answer,
but the wicked simply ·pour [blurt] out evil.

²⁹ The Lord ·does not listen to [^Lis far from] the wicked,
but he hears the prayers of ·those who do right [the righteous].