Proverbs 28:8

In 11 translations

BSB

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

KJV

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

WEB

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

ASV

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

LSV

Whoever is multiplying his wealth by biting and usury, || Gathers it for one favoring the poor.

YLT

Whoso is multiplying his wealth by biting and usury, For one favouring the poor doth gather it.

DBY

He that by usury and unjust gain increaseth his substance gathereth it for him that is gracious to the poor.

DRC

He that heapeth together riches by usury and loan, gathereth them for him that will be bountiful to the poor.

GNV

He that increaseth his riches by vsurie and interest, gathereth them for him that will be mercifull vnto the poore.

JPS

He that augmenteth his substance by interest and increase, gathereth it for him that is gracious to the poor.

LXXE

He that increases his wealth by usuries and unjust gains, gathers it for him that pities the poor.

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Original-language editions

WLC

מַרְבֶּ֣ה ה֭וֹנוֹ בְּנֶ֣שֶׁךְ ובתרבית לְחוֹנֵ֖ן דַּלִּ֣ים יִקְבְּצֶֽנּוּ׃Read aloud as (qere): וְתַרְבִּ֑ית

LXX-Br

Ὁ πληθύνων τὸν πλοῦτον αὐτοῦ μετὰ τόκων καὶ πλεονασμῶν, τῷ ἐλεῶντι πτωχοὺς συνάγει αὐτόν.

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Cross-references most cited first

• Job 27:16–17Though he heaps up silver like dust and piles up a wardrobe like clay, what 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.
• 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…
• Leviticus 25:36Do not take any interest or profit from him, but fear your God, that your countryman may live among you.
• 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.
• 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 14:31Whoever oppresses the poor taunts their Maker, but whoever is kind to the needy honors Him.
• 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 18:8He does not engage in usury or take excess interest, but he withholds his hand from iniquity and executes true justice between men.
• 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.”

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