Proverbs 28:8

KJV1611 – Modern English

He who by usury and unjust gain increases his wealth gathers it for one who will pity the poor.

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  • Prov 13:22 : 22 A good man leaves an inheritance to his children's children, but the wealth of the sinner is stored up for the just.
  • Lev 25:36 : 36 Take no usury from him, or increase; but fear your God; that your brother may live with you.
  • Exod 22:25 : 25 If you lend money to any of my people who are poor among you, you shall not be like a moneylender to him; you shall not charge him interest.
  • Prov 14:31 : 31 He who oppresses the poor reproaches his Maker, but he who honors Him has mercy on the poor.
  • Prov 19:7 : 7 All the brethren of the poor hate him; how much more do his friends go far from him? He pursues them with words, yet they are wanting to him.
  • Eccl 2:26 : 26 For God gives wisdom, knowledge, and joy to the man who is good in His sight; but to the sinner He gives the task of gathering and collecting, only to hand it over to the one who pleases God. This also is vanity and vexation of spirit.
  • Ezek 18:8 : 8 He that has not given out loans with interest, nor taken any increase, that has withdrawn his hand from iniquity, has executed true judgment between man and man,
  • Ezek 18:13 : 13 Has given out loans with 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 upon him.
  • Ezek 18:17 : 17 Who has taken off his hand from the poor, who has not received interest nor increase, has executed My judgments, has walked in My statutes; he shall not die for the iniquity of his father, he shall surely live.
  • 2 Sam 12:6 : 6 And he shall restore the lamb fourfold, because he did this thing and had no pity.
  • Job 27:16-17 : 16 Though he heaps up silver as the dust, and prepares clothing as the clay; 17 He may prepare it, but the just shall wear it, and the innocent shall divide the silver.

Similar Verses (AI)

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  • Prov 22:16
    83%

    16He who oppresses the poor to increase his riches, and he who gives to the rich, shall surely come to want.

  • Prov 19:17
    80%

    17He who has pity on the poor lends to the LORD, and that which he has given will He pay him again.

  • Prov 28:22
    78%

    22He who hastens to be rich has an evil eye and does not consider that poverty shall come upon him.

  • Prov 14:31
    78%

    31He who oppresses the poor reproaches his Maker, but he who honors Him has mercy on the poor.

  • Prov 28:27
    78%

    27He who gives to the poor shall not lack, but he who hides his eyes will have many curses.

  • Prov 13:11
    76%

    11Wealth gotten by vanity shall be diminished, but he who gathers by labor shall increase.

  • Prov 28:19-20
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    76%

    19He who tills his land shall have plenty of bread, but he who follows vain persons shall have poverty enough.

    20A faithful person shall abound with blessings, but he who hastens to be rich shall not be innocent.

  • Prov 28:3
    76%

    3A poor man who oppresses the poor is like a sweeping rain that leaves no food.

  • Ezek 18:8
    76%

    8He that has not given out loans with interest, nor taken any increase, that has withdrawn his hand from iniquity, has executed true judgment between man and man,

  • Prov 28:6-7
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    6Better is the poor who walks in his integrity than he who is perverse in his ways, though he be rich.

    7Whoever keeps the law is a wise son, but he who is a companion of riotous men shames his father.

  • Prov 11:24
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    24There is one who scatters, and yet increases; and there is one who withholds more than is right, and it leads to poverty.

  • Ezek 18:12-13
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    12Has oppressed the poor and needy, has spoiled by violence, has not restored the pledge, and has lifted up his eyes to the idols, has committed abomination,

    13Has given out loans with 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 upon him.

  • Prov 22:7-9
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    75%

    7The rich rules over the poor, and the borrower is servant to the lender.

    8He who sows iniquity shall reap vanity, and the rod of his anger shall fail.

    9He who has a bountiful eye shall be blessed, for he gives of his bread to the poor.

  • Prov 13:7-8
    2 verses
    75%

    7There is one who makes himself rich, yet has nothing; there is one who makes himself poor, yet has great riches.

    8The ransom of a man's life are his riches, but the poor hears not rebuke.

  • Prov 21:13
    74%

    13Whoever stops his ears at the cry of the poor, he also shall cry himself, but shall not be heard.

  • Prov 28:11
    74%

    11The rich man is wise in his own eyes, but the poor who has understanding searches him out.

  • Exod 22:25
    74%

    25If you lend money to any of my people who are poor among you, you shall not be like a moneylender to him; you shall not charge him interest.

  • Prov 17:5
    74%

    5Whoever mocks the poor reproaches his Maker, and he who is glad at calamity shall not go unpunished.

  • Hab 2:6
    74%

    6Shall not all these take up a parable against him, and a taunting proverb against him, and say, Woe to him who increases that which is not his! How long? And to him who loads himself with thick clay!

  • Prov 14:20-21
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    74%

    20The poor is hated even by his own neighbor, but the rich have many friends.

    21He who despises his neighbor sins, but he who has mercy on the poor, happy is he.

  • Prov 10:4
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    4He becomes poor who deals with a slack hand, but the hand of the diligent makes rich.

  • Prov 10:15
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    15The rich man's wealth is his strong city, the destruction of the poor is their poverty.

  • Amos 8:4
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    4Hear this, you who swallow up the needy, even to make the poor of the land fail,

  • Prov 29:7
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    7The righteous consider the cause of the poor; but the wicked do not understand to know it.

  • Prov 1:19
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    19So are the ways of everyone who is greedy for gain; it takes away the life of its owners.

  • Prov 13:23
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    23Much food is in the tillage of the poor, but there is that which is destroyed for lack of judgment.

  • Job 20:18-19
    2 verses
    73%

    18That which he labored for shall he restore, and shall not swallow it down; according to his wealth shall the restitution be, and he shall not rejoice in it.

    19Because he has oppressed and has forsaken the poor; because he has violently taken away a house he did not build;

  • Ps 37:21
    73%

    21The wicked borrow and do not repay, but the righteous show mercy and give.

  • Ps 15:5
    73%

    5He who does not put out his money at usury, nor take a bribe against the innocent. He who does these things shall never be moved.

  • Luke 12:21
    73%

    21So is he that lays up treasure for himself, and is not rich toward God.

  • Prov 28:16
    73%

    16The prince who lacks understanding is also a great oppressor, but he who hates covetousness shall prolong his days.

  • Prov 15:27
    73%

    27He who is greedy for gain troubles his own house, but he who hates bribes will live.

  • Prov 28:9
    73%

    9He who turns away his ear from hearing the law, even his prayer is an abomination.

  • Prov 11:28
    72%

    28He who trusts in his riches shall fall, but the righteous shall flourish like a branch.

  • Prov 18:23
    72%

    23The poor use entreaties, but the rich answer roughly.

  • Job 20:10
    72%

    10His children shall seek to please the poor, and his hands shall restore their goods.

  • Prov 21:26
    72%

    26He covets greedily all day long, but the righteous gives and does not hold back.

  • Prov 19:4
    72%

    4Wealth makes many friends, but the poor is separated from his neighbor.

  • Lev 25:37
    72%

    37You shall not give him your money upon usury, nor lend him your food for increase.

  • Hab 2:9
    72%

    9Woe to him who covets an evil covetousness to his house, that he may set his nest on high, that he may be delivered from the power of evil!

  • Jer 22:13
    72%

    13Woe to him who builds his house by unrighteousness, and his upper rooms by injustice; who uses his neighbor’s service without wages, and gives him nothing for his work;

  • Eccl 5:13
    72%

    13There is a grievous evil which I have seen under the sun, namely, riches kept for the owners to their hurt.