Proverbs 28:8
Anyone who gets rich through charging interest and profiteering is only storing it up for someone who is kind to the poor.
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7If you keep the law, you're a wise son, but if you keep bad company you shame your father.
9God hates the prayers of people who disregard the law.
Cross References
Exodus 22:25If you lend money to any of my people because they're poor, you must not behave as a moneylender to them. You must not charge them any interest.
2 Samuel 12:6He must repay that lamb with four of his own for doing this, for being so heartless.”
Job 27:17those who do good will wear the clothes and the innocent will divide the silver among them.
Proverbs 14:31Anyone who oppresses the poor insults their Maker, but anyone who is kind to the needy honors him.
Ecclesiastes 2:26To those who are good, God gives wisdom, knowledge, and joy. But to the sinner God gives the task of gathering and collecting wealth, only to hand it over to someone who pleases God. This also shows how fleeting life is, and hard to understand—like trying to understand how the wind blows.
Ezekiel 18:13He lends with interest and makes a profit from loans. Is someone like this going to live? No, he won't! Because he has done all these offensive things, he will die for certain, and he will be responsible for his own death.
Matthew Henry on Proverbs 28:8
7 Whoso keepeth the law is a wise son: but he that is a companion of riotous men shameth his father. Note, 1. Religion is true wisdom, and it makes men wise in every relation. He that conscientiously keeps the law is wise, and he will be particularly a wise son, that is, will act discreetly towards his parents, for the law of God teaches him to do so. 2. Bad company is a great hindrance to religion. Those that are companions of riotous men, that choose such for their companions and delight in their conversation,… Read the whole commentary →