Proverbs 28:8
He who increases his wealth by interest and usury lays it up for another, who will be kind to the poor.
Cross References
Exodus 22:25
If you lend money to one of my people among you who is poor, you must not act as a creditor to him; you are not to charge him any interest.

Leviticus 25:36
Do not take any interest or profit from him, but fear your God, that your countryman may live among you.

Job 27:17
what he lays up, the righteous will wear, and his silver will be divided by the innocent.

Psalm 72:13
He will have compassion on the poor and needy and save the lives of the oppressed.

Proverbs 13:22
A good man leaves an inheritance to his children's children, but the sinner's wealth is passed to the righteous.

Proverbs 14:21
He who despises his neighbor sins, but blessed is he who shows kindness to the poor.

Proverbs 14:31
He who oppresses the poor taunts their Maker, but whoever is kind to the needy honors Him.

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that by

Proverbs 13:22
A good man leaves an inheritance to his children's children, but the sinner's wealth is passed to the righteous.

Job 27:16, 17
Though he heaps up silver like dust and piles up a wardrobe like clay, . . .

Ecclesiastes 2:26
To the man who is pleasing in His sight, He gives wisdom and knowledge and joy, but to the sinner He assigns the task of gathering and accumulating that which he will hand over to one who pleases God. This too is futile and a pursuit of the wind.

unjust gain or by increase

Leviticus 25:36
Do not take any interest or profit from him, but fear your God, that your countryman may live among you.

Ezekiel 18:8, 13, 17
He does not engage in usury or take excess interest, but he keeps his hand from iniquity and executes true justice between men. . . .

pity

Proverbs 19:7
All the brothers of a poor man hate him--how much more do his friends avoid him! He may pursue them with pleading, but they are nowhere to be found.

2 Samuel 12:6
Because he has done this thing and shown no pity, he must pay for the lamb four times over."

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