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Proverbs 28:8

WEB

8He who increases his wealth by excessive interest gathers it for one who has pity on the poor.

KJV

8He that by usury[+] and unjust gain increaseth his substance, he shall gather it for him that will pity the poor.

BSB

8He who increases his wealth by interest and usury lays it up for one who is kind to the poor.

FBV

8Anyone who gets rich through charging interest and profiteering is only storing it up for someone who is kind to the poor.


Extra References

Job 27:16-17

16Though he heap up silver as the dust, and prepare clothing as the clay; 17he may prepare it, but the just will put it on, and the innocent will divide the silver.


Proverbs 13:22

22A good man leaves an inheritance to his children’s children, but the wealth of the sinner is stored for the righteous.


Ecclesiastes 2:26

26For to the man who pleases him, God gives wisdom, knowledge, and joy; but to the sinner he gives travail, to gather and to heap up, that he may give to him who pleases God. This also is vanity and a chasing after wind.


Exodus 22:25

25“If you lend money to any of my people with you who is poor, you shall not be to him as a creditor. You shall not charge him interest.


Leviticus 25:36

36Take no interest from him or profit; but fear your God, that your brother may live among you.


Ezekiel 18:17

17who has withdrawn his hand from the poor, who hasn’t received interest or increase, has executed my ordinances, has walked in my statutes; he shall not die for the iniquity of his father. He shall surely live.


Ezekiel 18:8

8he who hasn’t lent to them with interest, hasn’t taken any increase from them, who has withdrawn his hand from iniquity, has executed true justice between man and man,


Ezekiel 18:13

13has lent with interest, and has taken increase from the poor, shall he then live? He shall not live. He has done all these abominations. He shall surely die. His blood will be on him.


Proverbs 14:31

31He who oppresses the poor shows contempt for his Maker, but he who is kind to the needy honors him.


Proverbs 19:7

7All the relatives of the poor shun him; how much more do his friends avoid him! He pursues them with pleas, but they are gone.