Proverbs 28:8
Whoever is multiplying his wealth by biting and usury, || Gathers it for one favoring the poor.
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In Context
9Whoever is turning his ear from hearing the Law, || Even his prayer [is] an abomination.
Cross References
Exodus 22:25If you lend money [to] My poor people [who are] with you, you are not as a usurer to him; you do not lay usury on him;
2 Samuel 12:6and [for] the ewe-lamb he repays fourfold, because that he has done this thing, and because that he had no pity.”
Job 27:17He prepares—and the righteous puts [it] on, || And the innocent apportions the silver.
Proverbs 14:31An oppressor of the poor reproaches his Maker, || And whoever is honoring Him || Is favoring the needy.
Ecclesiastes 2:26For to a man who [is] good before Him, He has given wisdom, and knowledge, and joy; and to a sinner He has given travail, to gather and to heap up, to give to the good before God. Even this [is] vanity and distress of spirit.
Ezekiel 18:13He has given in usury, and taken increase, || And he lives? He does not live, || He has done all these abominations, || He surely dies, his blood is on him.
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 →