Proverbs 28:8 BSB — MannaFest

Proverbs 28:8

He who increases his wealth by interest and usury lays it up for one who is kind to the poor.

BSB

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ASV

He that augmenteth his substance by interest and increase, Gathereth it for him that hath pity on the poor.

KJV

He that by usury and unjust gain increaseth his substance, he shall gather it for him that will pity the poor.

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Commentary

1 voice

John Gill

1697–1771

Exposition of the Old Testament (1748-1763)

He that by usury and unjust gain increaseth his substance,.... By biting and oppressing the poor; letting him have money at an exorbitant interest, and goods at an exorbitant price, and so increases his substance in this scandalous manner; hence usury is in Lev 25:36, called "increase", and by the Greeks τοκος, a "birth", because money is the birth of money, as Aristotle (e) observes; and so by the Latins "foenus", as if it was "foetus" (f), "a birth".

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Original language & word study

7 tagged words

Original	Transliteration	Meaning	Word study
מַרְבֶּ֣ה	mar.Beh	[one who] increases	H7235 →
ה֭וֹנוֹ	ho.no	wealth his	H1952 →
בְּנֶ֣שֶׁךְ	be.Ne.shekh	by interest	H5392 →
וְתַרְבִּ֑ית	u.ve.tar.bit	and usury	H8636 →
לְחוֹנֵ֖ן	le.cho.Nen	for [one who] shows favor to	H2603 →
דַּלִּ֣ים	da.Lim	poor [people]	H1800 →
יִקְבְּצֶֽנּוּ׃	yik.be.Tze.nu	he gathers it	H6908 →

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The walk8

Where the connections lead

Follow this verse’s cross-references two steps out. Each card is a verse this one points to, and beneath it the verses that one points to in turn. Where several different paths arrive at the same place, that place is listed first: the text keeps returning to it. Every stop shows its own words, and every stop is a page.

Through
Proverbs 13:22
A good man leaves an inheritance to his children’s children, but the sinner’s wealth is passed to the righteous.
leads to
- Job 27:16–17
  Though he heaps up silver like dust and piles up a wardrobe like clay,
  Reached by 2 independent paths from here.
- 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…
- Psalms 37:25
  I once was young and now am old, yet never have I seen the righteous abandoned or their children begging for bread.
- Psalms 112:2
  His descendants will be mighty in the land; the generation of the upright will be blessed.
- Genesis 17:7–8
  I will establish My covenant as an everlasting covenant between Me and you and your descendants after you, to be your God and the God of your descendants after you.
Through
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…
leads to
- Proverbs 13:22
  A good man leaves an inheritance to his children’s children, but the sinner’s wealth is passed to the righteous.
- John 16:24
  Until now you have not asked for anything in My name. Ask and you will receive, so that your joy may be complete.
- Isaiah 3:10–11
  Tell the righteous it will be well with them, for they will enjoy the fruit of their labor.

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King Solomon in Old Age — Gustave Doré, Doré's English Bible (1866), public domain

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