THEOSISProverbs 28:8Meaning & Commentary from the Church Fathers
He that heapeth together riches by usury and loan, gathereth them for him that will be bountiful to the poor.
מַרְבֶּ֣ה ה֭וֹנוֹ בְּנֶ֣שֶׁךְ ובתרבית וְתַרְבִּ֑ית לְחוֹנֵ֖ן דַּלִּ֣ים יִקְבְּצֶֽנּוּ׃
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Passages read together with this verse.
- Prov 13:22The good man leaveth heirs, sons, and grandsons: and the substance of the sinner is kept for the just.
- Job 27:16If he shall heap together silver as earth, and prepare raiment as clay,
- Job 27:17He shall prepare indeed, but the just man shall be clothed with it: and the innocent shall divide the silver.
- Eccl 2:26God hath given to a man that is good in his sight, wisdom, and knowledge, and joy: but to the sinner he hath given vexation, and superfluous care, to heap up and to gather together, and to give it to him that hath pleased God: but this also is vanity, and a fruitless solicitude of the mind.
- Lev 25:36Take not usury of him nor more than thou gavest. Fear thy God, that thy brother may live with thee.
- Ex 22:25If thou lend money to any of my people that is poor, that dwelleth with thee, thou shalt not be hard upon them as an extortioner, nor oppress them with usuries.
- Ezek 18:17That hath turned away his hand from injuring the poor, hath not taken usury and increase, but hath executed my judgments, and hath walked in my commandments: this man shall not die for the iniquity of his father, but living he shall live.
- Ezek 18:13That giveth upon usury, and that taketh an increase: shall such a one live? he shall not live. Seeing he hath done all these detestable things, he shall surely die, his blood shall be upon him.