Proverbs 28:8 Themes and Topics

The person who gathers wealth by unjust means is like the partridge that broods over eggs but does not hatch them. Before his life is half over he will lose his ill-gotten gains. At the end of his life it will be clear he was a fool." Verse Concepts

Making a fortune by a lying tongue is like a vapor driven back and forth; they seek death. Verse Concepts

"'Sure to be judged is the king who builds his palace using injustice and treats people unfairly while adding its upper rooms. He makes his countrymen work for him for nothing. He does not pay them for their labor. Verse Concepts

Better to have a little with righteousness than to have abundant income without justice. Verse Concepts

The one who oppresses the poor to increase his own gain and the one who gives to the rich -- both end up only in poverty. Verse Concepts

The one who increases his wealth by increasing interest gathers it for someone who is gracious to the needy. Verse Concepts

"'See, I strike my hands together at the dishonest profit you have made, and at the bloodshed they have done among you. Verse Concepts

Look, the pay you have held back from the workers who mowed your fields cries out against you, and the cries of the reapers have reached the ears of the Lord of hosts. Verse Concepts

"If you lend money to any of my people who are needy among you, do not be like a moneylender to him; do not charge him interest. Verse Concepts

I considered these things carefully and then registered a complaint with the wealthy and the officials. I said to them, "Each one of you is seizing the collateral from your own countrymen!" Because of them I called for a great public assembly. Verse Concepts

The one who increases his wealth by increasing interest gathers it for someone who is gracious to the needy. Verse Concepts

Do not take interest or profit from him, but you must fear your God and your brother must live with you. Verse Concepts

He does not charge interest when he lends his money. He does not take bribes to testify against the innocent. The one who lives like this will never be upended. Verse Concepts

does not engage in usury or charge interest, but refrains from wrongdoing, promotes true justice between men, Verse Concepts

"If you lend money to any of my people who are needy among you, do not be like a moneylender to him; do not charge him interest. Verse Concepts

I considered these things carefully and then registered a complaint with the wealthy and the officials. I said to them, "Each one of you is seizing the collateral from your own countrymen!" Because of them I called for a great public assembly. Verse Concepts

The one who increases his wealth by increasing interest gathers it for someone who is gracious to the needy. Verse Concepts

Do not take interest or profit from him, but you must fear your God and your brother must live with you. Verse Concepts

He does not charge interest when he lends his money. He does not take bribes to testify against the innocent. The one who lives like this will never be upended. Verse Concepts

does not engage in usury or charge interest, but refrains from wrongdoing, promotes true justice between men, Verse Concepts

You say, "When will the new moon festival be over, so we can sell grain? When will the Sabbath end, so we can open up the grain bins? We're eager to sell less for a higher price, and to cheat the buyer with rigged scales! Verse Concepts

The one who increases his wealth by increasing interest gathers it for someone who is gracious to the needy. Verse Concepts

Therefore, because you make the poor pay taxes on their crops and exact a grain tax from them, you will not live in the houses you built with chiseled stone, nor will you drink the wine from the fine vineyards you planted. Verse Concepts

When a wicked person dies, his expectation perishes, and the hope of his strength perishes. Verse Concepts

Because of this the earth will quake, and all who live in it will mourn. The whole earth will rise like the River Nile, it will surge upward and then grow calm, like the Nile in Egypt. Verse Concepts

In this matter no one should violate the rights of his brother or take advantage of him, because the Lord is the avenger in all these cases, as we also told you earlier and warned you solemnly. Verse Concepts

"If you lend money to any of my people who are needy among you, do not be like a moneylender to him; do not charge him interest. Verse Concepts

engages in usury and charges interest. Will he live? He will not! Because he has done all these abominable deeds he will certainly die. He will bear the responsibility for his own death. Verse Concepts

The one who increases his wealth by increasing interest gathers it for someone who is gracious to the needy. Verse Concepts

They take bribes within you to shed blood. You engage in usury and charge interest; you extort money from your neighbors. You have forgotten me, declares the sovereign Lord. Verse Concepts

He does not charge interest when he lends his money. He does not take bribes to testify against the innocent. The one who lives like this will never be upended. Verse Concepts

Everyone will suffer -- the priest as well as the people, the master as well as the servant, the elegant lady as well as the female attendant, the seller as well as the buyer, the borrower as well as the lender, the creditor as well as the debtor. Verse Concepts

Then there was a great outcry from the people and their wives against their fellow Jews. There were those who said, "With our sons and daughters, we are many. We must obtain grain in order to eat and stay alive." There were others who said, "We are putting up our fields, our vineyards, and our houses as collateral in order to obtain grain during the famine." read more.
Then there were those who said, "We have borrowed money to pay our taxes to the king on our fields and our vineyards. And now, though we share the same flesh and blood as our fellow countrymen, and our children are just like their children, still we have found it necessary to subject our sons and daughters to slavery. Some of our daughters have been subjected to slavery, while we are powerless to help, since our fields and vineyards now belong to other people." I was very angry when I heard their outcry and these complaints. I considered these things carefully and then registered a complaint with the wealthy and the officials. I said to them, "Each one of you is seizing the collateral from your own countrymen!" Because of them I called for a great public assembly. I said to them, "To the extent possible we have bought back our fellow Jews who had been sold to the Gentiles. But now you yourselves want to sell your own countrymen, so that we can then buy them back!" They were utterly silent, and could find nothing to say. Then I said, "The thing that you are doing is wrong! Should you not conduct yourselves in the fear of our God in order to avoid the reproach of the Gentiles who are our enemies? Even I and my relatives and my associates are lending them money and grain. But let us abandon this practice of seizing collateral! This very day return to them their fields, their vineyards, their olive trees, and their houses, along with the interest that you are exacting from them on the money, the grain, the new wine, and the olive oil." They replied, "We will return these things, and we will no longer demand anything from them. We will do just as you say." Then I called the priests and made the wealthy and the officials swear to do what had been promised. I also shook out my garment, and I said, "In this way may God shake out from his house and his property every person who does not carry out this matter. In this way may he be shaken out and emptied!" All the assembly replied, "So be it!" and they praised the LORD. Then the people did as they had promised.

You must not charge interest on a loan to your fellow Israelite, whether on money, food, or anything else that has been loaned with interest. You may lend with interest to a foreigner, but not to your fellow Israelite; if you keep this command the Lord your God will bless you in all you undertake in the land you are about to enter to possess.

Do not take interest or profit from him, but you must fear your God and your brother must live with you. You must not lend him your money at interest and you must not sell him food for profit.

does not engage in usury or charge interest, but refrains from wrongdoing, promotes true justice between men, and follows my statutes and observes my regulations by carrying them out. That man is righteous; he will certainly live, declares the sovereign Lord.

I said, "Oh, mother, how I regret that you ever gave birth to me! I am always starting arguments and quarrels with the people of this land. I have not lent money to anyone and I have not borrowed from anyone. Yet all of these people are treating me with contempt." Verse Concepts

"If you lend money to any of my people who are needy among you, do not be like a moneylender to him; do not charge him interest. Verse Concepts

engages in usury and charges interest. Will he live? He will not! Because he has done all these abominable deeds he will certainly die. He will bear the responsibility for his own death. Verse Concepts

The one who increases his wealth by increasing interest gathers it for someone who is gracious to the needy. Verse Concepts

They take bribes within you to shed blood. You engage in usury and charge interest; you extort money from your neighbors. You have forgotten me, declares the sovereign Lord. Verse Concepts

He does not charge interest when he lends his money. He does not take bribes to testify against the innocent. The one who lives like this will never be upended. Verse Concepts

does not engage in usury or charge interest, but refrains from wrongdoing, promotes true justice between men, Verse Concepts

"'If your brother becomes impoverished and is indebted to you, you must support him; he must live with you like a foreign resident. Do not take interest or profit from him, but you must fear your God and your brother must live with you. You must not lend him your money at interest and you must not sell him food for profit.

refrains from wrongdoing, does not engage in usury or charge interest, carries out my regulations and follows my statutes. He will not die for his father's iniquity; he will surely live. Verse Concepts

You must not charge interest on a loan to your fellow Israelite, whether on money, food, or anything else that has been loaned with interest. Verse Concepts