Albert Barnes Commentary Proverbs 15:27

"He that is greedy of gain troubleth his own house; But he that hateth bribes shall live." — Proverbs 15:27 (ASV)

Gifts - There is a special application to the office of the judge. The Aramaic Targum paraphrases the first words of this passage as: “he who gathers the mammon of unrighteousness,” using the words with special reference to wealth obtained by unjust judgments. May we infer that Christ’s adoption of that phrase (Luke 16:9) had a point of contact with this proverb, through the version then popularly used in the synagogues of Palestine?