he shall restore the lamb fourfold because he did this thing and because he had no pity.”
Proverbs 28:8 - New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition 2021 One who augments wealth by exorbitant interest gathers it for another who is kind to the poor. More versionsKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 He that by usury and unjust gain increaseth his substance, He shall gather it for him that will pity the poor. Amplified Bible - Classic Edition He who by charging excessive interest and who by unjust efforts to get gain increases his material possession gathers it for him [to spend] who is kind and generous to the poor. [Job 27:16, 17; Prov. 13:22; Eccl. 2:26.] American Standard Version (1901) He that augmenteth his substance by interest and increase, Gathereth it for him that hath pity on the poor. Common English Bible Those who become rich through high interest rates gather money for those who are generous to the poor. Catholic Public Domain Version Whoever piles up riches by usury and profit gathers them for him who will give freely to the poor. Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version He that heapeth together riches by usury and loan, gathereth them for him that will be bountiful to the poor. |
he shall restore the lamb fourfold because he did this thing and because he had no pity.”
“If you lend money to my people, to the poor among you, you shall not deal with them as a creditor; you shall not exact interest from them.
The good leave an inheritance to their children’s children, but the sinner’s wealth is laid up for the righteous.
Those who despise their neighbors are sinners, but happy are those who are kind to the poor.
Those who oppress the poor insult their Maker, but those who are kind to the needy honor him.
If the poor are hated even by their kin, how much more are they shunned by their friends! When they call after them, they are not there.
For to the one who pleases him God gives wisdom and knowledge and joy, but to the sinner he gives the work of gathering and heaping, only to give to one who pleases God. This also is vanity and a chasing after wind.
takes advance or accrued interest, shall he then live? He shall not. He has done all these abominable things; he shall surely be put to death; his blood shall be upon himself.
withholds his hand from iniquity, takes no advance or accrued interest, observes my ordinances, and follows my statutes, he shall not die for his father’s iniquity; he shall surely live.
does not take advance or accrued interest, withholds his hand from iniquity, executes true justice between contending parties,
Do not take interest in advance or otherwise make a profit from them, but fear your God; let them live with you.