Proverbs 28:8
BSB · Public Domain (CC0)“He who increases his wealth by interest and usury lays it up for one who is kind to the poor.”
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“He who increases his wealth by interest and usury lays it up for one who is kind to the poor.”
Berean Standard Bible · Public Domain (CC0)“He that by usury and unjust gain increaseth his substance, he shall gather it for him that will pity the poor.”
King James Version · Public Domain“He that augmenteth his substance by interest and increase, Gathereth it for him that hath pity on the poor.”
American Standard Version · Public Domain“Whoso is multiplying his wealth by biting and usury, For one favouring the poor doth gather it.”
Young's Literal Translation · Public DomainOther passages that echo Proverbs 28:8 — 12 related verses from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.
- Exodus 22:25If you lend money to one of My people among you who is poor, you must not act as a creditor to him; you are not to charge him interest.
- Leviticus 25:36Do not take any interest or profit from him, but fear your God, that your countryman may live among you.
- 2 Samuel 12:6Because he has done this thing and has shown no pity, he must pay for the lamb four times over.”
- Job 27:16Though he heaps up silver like dust and piles up a wardrobe like clay,
- Job 27:17what he lays up, the righteous will wear, and his silver will be divided by the innocent.
- Proverbs 13:22A good man leaves an inheritance to his children’s children, but the sinner’s wealth is passed to the righteous.
- Proverbs 14:31Whoever oppresses the poor taunts their Maker, but whoever is kind to the needy honors Him.
- Proverbs 19:7All the brothers of a poor man hate him— how much more do his friends avoid him! He may pursue them with pleading, but they are nowhere to be found.
- Ecclesiastes 2:26To the man who is pleasing in His sight, He gives wisdom and knowledge and joy, but to the sinner He assigns the task of gathering and accumulating that which he will hand over to one who pleases God. This too is futile and a pursuit of the wind.
- Ezekiel 18:8He does not engage in usury or take excess interest, but he withholds his hand from iniquity and executes true justice between men.
- Ezekiel 18:13He engages in usury and takes excess interest. Will this son live? He will not! Since he has committed all these abominations, he will surely die; his blood will be on his own head.
- Ezekiel 18:17He withholds his hand from harming the poor and takes no interest or usury. He keeps My ordinances and follows My statutes. Such a man will not die for his father’s iniquity. He will surely live.
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