New King James Version
Proverbs 28:8
8One who increases his possessions by usury and extortion Gathers it for him who will pity the poor.
Proverbs 28:8 in other versions
- King James Version (KJV)He that by usury and unjust gain increaseth his substance, he shall gather it for him that will pity the poor.
- New International Version (NIV)Whoever increases wealth by taking interest or profit from the poor amasses it for another, who will be kind to the poor.
- English Standard Version (ESV)Whoever multiplies his wealth by interest and profit gathers it for him who is generous to the poor.
- New Living Translation (NLT)Income from charging high interest rates will end up in the pocket of someone who is kind to the poor.
Context of Proverbs 28:8
6Better is the poor who walks in his integrity Than one perverse in his ways, though he be rich. 7Whoever keeps the law is a discerning son, But a companion of gluttons shames his father. One who increases his possessions by usury and extortion Gathers it for him who will pity the poor. 9One who turns away his ear from hearing the law, Even his prayer is an abomination. 10Whoever causes the upright to go astray in an evil way, He himself will fall into his own pit; But the blameless will inherit good.
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מַרְבֶּ֣ה ה֭וֹנוֹ בְּנֶ֣שֶׁךְ וְתַרְבִּ֑ית לְחוֹנֵ֖ן דַּלִּ֣ים יִקְבְּצֶֽנּוּ׃Read the interlinear
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Cross-references for Proverbs 28:8
- Proverbs 13:22A good man leaves an inheritance to his children’s children, But the wealth of the sinner is stored up for the righteous.
- Job 27:16Though he heaps up silver like dust, And piles up clothing like clay—
- Ecclesiastes 2:26For God gives wisdom and knowledge and joy to a man who is good in His sight; but to the sinner He gives the work of gathering and collecting, that he may give to him who is good before God. This also is vanity and grasping for the wind.
- Leviticus 25:36Take no usury or interest from him; but fear your God, that your brother may live with you.
- Ezekiel 18:8If he has not exacted usury Nor taken any increase, But has withdrawn his hand from iniquity And executed true judgment between man and man;
- Proverbs 19:7All the brothers of the poor hate him; How much more do his friends go far from him! He may pursue them with words, yet they abandon him.
- 2 Samuel 12:6And he shall restore fourfold for the lamb, because he did this thing and because he had no pity.”
Commentaries on Proverbs 28:8
- Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 8He that by usury - increaseth his substance - By taking unlawful interest for his money; lending to a man in great distress, money, for the use of which he requires an exorbitant sum. O that the names of all those unfeeling, hard-hearted, consummate villains in the nation, who thus take advantage of their neighbour's necessities to enrich themselves, were published at every market cross; and then the delinquents all sent to their brother savages in New…Read the comment
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 8Unjust gain - Omit “unjust:” “usury and gain” make up the notion of “gain derived from usury.” Ill-gotten gains do not prosper, after a time they pass into hands that know how to use them better.Read the comment
- Matthew Henry Concise Commentary · v. 8Verse 8 That which is ill got, though it may increase much, will not last long. Thus the poor are repaid, and God is glorified.Read the comment
- Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 8The law forbade charging interest on loans to needy Israelites (Exodus 22:25; Leviticus 25:36; Deuteronomy 23:19). The rich were told to lend generously to the poor (Proverbs 3:27–28; 11:24; 28:27; 29:7, 14).Read the comment
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 88. usury ... unjust gain--(Compare Margin). The two terms, meaning nearly the same, may denote excessive interest. God's providence directs the proper use of wealth.Read the comment
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Commentaries on Proverbs 28
- Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
- Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
- Tyndale Open Study Notes
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
- Rashi on Tanakh
- Keil & Delitzsch Commentary
- John Wesley’s Notes
- Darby Translation Notes
- Geneva Bible Translation Notes
- Kingcomments
- Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
- Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
- Scofield Reference Notes, 1917 Edition
- Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
- EGW Writings
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