Proverbs 28:8

All About Life

⁷ He who keeps the law is a discerning son,
But he who is a companion of gluttons humiliates his father.
⁸ He who increases his wealth by interest and usury
Gathers it for him who is gracious to the poor.
⁹ He who turns away his ear from listening to the law,
Even his prayer is an abomination.

Kind To The Poor

Leviticus 25:36

Do not take usurious interest from him, but revere your God, that your countryman may live with you.

Proverbs 13:22

A good man leaves an inheritance to his children’s children,
And the wealth of the sinner is stored up for the righteous.

Exodus 22:25

“If you lend money to My people, to the poor among you, you are not to act as a creditor to him; you shall not charge him interest.

Proverbs 14:31

He who oppresses the poor taunts his Maker,
But he who is gracious to the needy honors Him.

2 Samuel 12:6

He must make restitution for the lamb fourfold, because he did this thing and had no compassion.”

Job 27:16-17

“Though he piles up silver like dust
And prepares garments as plentiful as the clay,

Proverbs 19:7

All the brothers of a poor man hate him;
How much more do his friends abandon him!
He pursues them with words, but they are gone.

Ecclesiastes 2:26

For to a person who is good in His sight He has given wisdom and knowledge and joy, while to the sinner He has given the task of gathering and collecting so that he may give to one who is good in God’s sight. This too is vanity and striving after wind.

Ezekiel 18:8

if he does not lend money on interest or take increase, if he keeps his hand from iniquity and executes true justice between man and man,

Ezekiel 18:13

he lends money on interest and takes increase; will he live? He will not live! He has committed all these abominations, he will surely be put to death; his blood will be on his own head.

Ezekiel 18:17

he keeps his hand from the poor, does not take interest or increase, but executes My ordinances, and walks in My statutes; he will not die for his father’s iniquity, he will surely live.