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Proverbs 28:8

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

He that by usury {H5392} and unjust gain {H8636} increaseth {H7235} his substance {H1952}, he shall gather {H6908} it for him that will pity {H2603} the poor {H1800}.

He who increases his wealth by charging exorbitant interest amasses it for someone who will bestow it on the poor.

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

He that augmenteth his substance by interest and increase, Gathereth it for him that hath pity on the poor.

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Cross-References

  • Proverbs 13:22 (8 votes)

    ¶ A good [man] leaveth an inheritance to his children's children: and the wealth of the sinner [is] laid up for the just.

  • Job 27:16 (8 votes)

    Though he heap up silver as the dust, and prepare raiment as the clay;

  • Job 27:17 (8 votes)

    He may prepare [it], but the just shall put [it] on, and the innocent shall divide the silver.

  • Ecclesiastes 2:26 (6 votes)

    For [God] giveth to a man that [is] good in his sight wisdom, and knowledge, and joy: but to the sinner he giveth travail, to gather and to heap up, that he may give to [him that is] good before God. This also [is] vanity and vexation of spirit.

  • Leviticus 25:36 (5 votes)

    Take thou no usury of him, or increase: but fear thy God; that thy brother may live with thee.

  • Exodus 22:25 (4 votes)

    ¶ If thou lend money to [any of] my people [that is] poor by thee, thou shalt not be to him as an usurer, neither shalt thou lay upon him usury.

  • Ezekiel 18:17 (4 votes)

    [That] hath taken off his hand from the poor, [that] hath not received usury nor increase, hath executed my judgments, hath walked in my statutes; he shall not die for the iniquity of his father, he shall surely live.