Proverbs 28:8
The one who increases his wealth by increasing interest gathers it for someone who is gracious to the needy.
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Referenced Verses
- Prov 13:22 : 22 A good person leaves an inheritance for his grandchildren, but the wealth of a sinner is stored up for the righteous.
- Lev 25:36 : 36 Do not take interest or profit from him, but you must fear your God and your brother must live with you.
- Exod 22:25 : 25 “If you lend money to any of my people who are needy among you, do not be like a moneylender to him; do not charge him interest.
- Prov 14:31 : 31 The one who oppresses the poor has insulted his Creator, but whoever honors him shows favor to the needy.
- Prov 19:7 : 7 All the relatives of a poor person hate him; how much more do his friends avoid him– one who chases words, which are nothing.
- Eccl 2:26 : 26 For to the one who pleases him, God gives wisdom, knowledge, and joy, but to the sinner, he gives the task of amassing wealth– only to give it to the one who pleases God. This task of the wicked is futile– like chasing the wind!
- Ezek 18:8 : 8 does not engage in usury or charge interest, but refrains from wrongdoing, promotes true justice between men,
- Ezek 18:13 : 13 engages in usury and charges interest. Will he live? He will not! Because he has done all these abominable deeds he will certainly die. He will bear the responsibility for his own death.
- Ezek 18:17 : 17 refrains from wrongdoing, does not engage in usury or charge interest, carries out my regulations and follows my statutes. He will not die for his father’s iniquity; he will surely live.
- 2 Sam 12:6 : 6 Because he committed this cold-hearted crime, he must pay for the lamb four times over!”
- Job 27:16-17 : 16 If he piles up silver like dust and stores up clothing like mounds of clay, 17 what he stores up a righteous man will wear, and an innocent man will inherit his silver.
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