Proverbs 28:8
He who makes his wealth greater by taking interest, only gets it together for him who has pity on the poor.
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- Prov 13:22 : 22 The heritage of the good man is handed down to his children's children; and the wealth of the sinner is stored up for the upright man.
- Lev 25:36 : 36 Take no interest from him, in money or in goods, but have the fear of your God before you, and let your brother make a living among you.
- Exod 22:25 : 25 If you let any of the poor among my people have the use of your money, do not be a hard creditor to him, and do not take interest.
- Prov 14:31 : 31 He who is hard on the poor puts shame on his Maker; but he who has mercy on those who are in need gives him honour.
- Prov 19:7 : 7 All the brothers of the poor man are against him: how much more do his friends go far from him! ...
- Eccl 2:26 : 26 To the man with whom he is pleased, God gives wisdom and knowledge and joy; but to the sinner he gives the work of getting goods together and storing up wealth, to give to him in whom God has pleasure. This again is to no purpose and desire for wind.
- Ezek 18:8 : 8 And has not given his money out at interest or taken great profits, and, turning his hand from evil-doing, has kept faith between man and man,
- Ezek 18:13 : 13 And has given out his money at interest and taken great profits: he will certainly not go on living: he has done all these disgusting things: death will certainly be his fate; his blood will be on him.
- Ezek 18:17 : 17 Who has kept his hand from evil-doing and has not taken interest or great profits, who has done my orders and been guided by my rules: he will certainly not be put to death for the evil-doing of his father; life will certainly be his.
- 2 Sam 12:6 : 6 And he will have to give back four times the value of the lamb, because he has done this and because he had no pity.
- Job 27:16-17 : 16 Though he may get silver together like dust, and make ready great stores of clothing; 17 He may get them ready, but the upright will put them on, and he who is free from sin will take the silver for a heritage.
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16 He who is cruel to the poor for the purpose of increasing his profit, and he who gives to the man of wealth, will only come to be in need.
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17 He who has pity on the poor gives to the Lord, and the Lord will give him his reward.
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22 He who is ever desiring wealth goes running after money, and does not see that need will come on him.
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31 He who is hard on the poor puts shame on his Maker; but he who has mercy on those who are in need gives him honour.
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11 Wealth quickly got will become less; but he who gets a store by the work of his hands will have it increased.
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19 By ploughing his land a man will have bread in full measure; but he who goes after good-for-nothing persons will be poor enough.
20 A man of good faith will have great blessing, but one attempting to get wealth quickly will not go free from punishment.
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3 A man of wealth who is cruel to the poor is like a violent rain causing destruction of food.
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8 And has not given his money out at interest or taken great profits, and, turning his hand from evil-doing, has kept faith between man and man,
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6 Better is the poor man whose ways are upright, than the man of wealth whose ways are not straight.
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7 The man of wealth has rule over the poor, and he who gets into debt is a servant to his creditor.
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8 A man will give his wealth in exchange for his life; but the poor will not give ear to sharp words.
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13 He whose ears are stopped at the cry of the poor, will himself get no answer to his cry for help.
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11 The man of wealth seems to himself to be wise, but the poor man who has sense has a low opinion of him.
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25 If you let any of the poor among my people have the use of your money, do not be a hard creditor to him, and do not take interest.
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5 Whoever makes sport of the poor puts shame on his Maker; and he who is glad because of trouble will not go free from punishment.
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6 Will not all these take up a word of shame against him and a bitter saying against him, and say, A curse on him who goes on taking what is not his and is weighted down with the property of debtors!
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20 The poor man is hated even by his neighbour, but the man of wealth has numbers of friends.
21 He who has no respect for his neighbour is a sinner, but he who has pity for the poor is happy.
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4 He who is slow in his work becomes poor, but the hand of the ready worker gets in wealth.
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15 The property of the man of wealth is his strong town: the poor man's need is his destruction.
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4 Give ear to this, you who are crushing the poor, and whose purpose is to put an end to those who are in need in the land,
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7 The upright man gives attention to the cause of the poor: the evil-doer gives no thought to it.
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19 Such is the fate of everyone who goes in search of profit; it takes away the life of its owners.
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23 There is much food in the ploughed land of the poor; but it is taken away by wrongdoing.
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18 He is forced to give back the fruit of his work, and may not take it for food; he has no joy in the profit of his trading.
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21 The sinner takes money and does not give it back; but the upright man has mercy, and gives to others.
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5 He who does not put out his money at interest, or for payment give false decisions against men who have done no wrong. He who does these things will never be moved.
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16 The prince who has no sense is a cruel ruler; but he who has no desire to get profit for himself will have long life.
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27 He whose desires are fixed on profit is a cause of trouble to his family; but he who has no desire for offerings will have life.
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9 As for the man whose ear is turned away from hearing the law, even his prayer is disgusting.
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28 He who puts his faith in wealth will come to nothing; but the upright man will be full of growth like the green leaf.
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23 The poor man makes requests for grace, but the man of wealth gives a rough answer.
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10 His children are hoping that the poor will be kind to them, and his hands give back his wealth.
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26 All the day the sinner goes after his desire: but the upright man gives freely, keeping nothing back.
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4 Wealth makes a great number of friends; but the poor man is parted from his friend.
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37 Do not take interest on the money which you let him have or on the food which you give him.
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9 A curse on him who gets evil profits for his family, so that he may put his resting-place on high and be safe from the hand of the wrongdoer!
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13 A curse is on him who is building his house by wrongdoing, and his rooms by doing what is not right; who makes use of his neighbour without payment, and gives him nothing for his work;
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13 And I saw the destruction of his wealth by an evil chance; and when he became the father of a son he had nothing in his hand.