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Proverbs 28:8
Proverbs 28:8 is verse 8 of Proverbs chapter 28, shown here in the Berean Standard Bible.
Berean Standard Bible
He who increases his wealth by interest and usury lays it up for one who is kind to the poor.
King James Version
He that by usury and unjust gain increaseth his substance, he shall gather it for him that will pity the poor.
World English Bible
He who increases his wealth by excessive interest gathers it for one who has pity on the poor.
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Proverbs 28:6–10 · Berean Standard Bible
6 Better a poor man who walks with integrity than a rich man whose ways are perverse.
7 A discerning son keeps the law, but a companion of gluttons disgraces his father.
8 He who increases his wealth by interest and usury lays it up for one who is kind to the poor.
9 Whoever turns his ear away from hearing the law, even his prayer is detestable.
10 He who leads the upright along the path of evil will fall into his own pit, but the blameless will inherit what is good.
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Cross-references
The Treasury of Scripture Knowledge lists these related verses. Scripture text comes from the Berean Standard Bible.
Proverbs 13:22A good man leaves an inheritance to his children’s children, but the sinner’s wealth is passed to the righteous.
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.
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.
Leviticus 25:36Do not take any interest or profit from him, but fear your God, that your countryman may live among you.
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.
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.
2 Samuel 12:6Because he has done this thing and has shown no pity, he must pay for the lamb four times over.”