Proverbs 28:8

Hebrew Names version (HNV)

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

Cross References

2 Samuel 12:6

He shall restore the lamb fourfold, because he did this thing, and because he had no pity!*

Psalm 72:13

He will have pity on the poor and needy. He will save the souls of the needy.

Exodus 22:25

*If you lend money to any of my people with you who is poor, you shall not be to him as a creditor; neither shall you charge him interest.

Proverbs 13:22

A good man leaves an inheritance to his children's children, but the wealth of the sinner is stored for the righteous.

Proverbs 14:21

He who despises his neighbor sins, but blessed is he who has pity on the poor.

Proverbs 14:31

He who oppresses the poor shows contempt for his Maker, but he who is kind to the needy honors him.

Proverbs 19:7

All the relatives of the poor shun him: how much more do his friends avoid him! He pursues them with pleas, but they are gone.

Ecclesiastes 2:26

For to the man who pleases him, God gives wisdom, knowledge, and joy; but to the sinner he gives travail, to gather and to heap up, that he may give to him who pleases God. This also is vanity and a chasing after wind.

Ezekiel 18:13

has given forth on interest, and has taken increase; shall he then live? he shall not live: he has done all these abominations; he shall surely die; his blood shall be on him.

Ezekiel 18:17

who has withdrawn his hand from the poor, who has not received interest nor increase, has executed my ordinances, has walked in my statutes; he shall not die for the iniquity of his father, he shall surely live.

Ezekiel 18:8

he who has not given forth on interest, neither has taken any increase, who has withdrawn his hand from iniquity, has executed true justice between man and man,

Leviticus 25:36

Take no interest from him or profit, but fear your God; that your brother may live among you.