Proverbs 28:8 Commentary, explanation, study verse by verse

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

Proverbs 28:8 - Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Unjust gain - Omit “unjust:” “usury and gain” make up the notion of “gain derived from usury.” Ill-gotten gains do not prosper, after a time they pass into hands that know how to use them better....
Proverbs 28:8 - Arno Geneva Study Bible

He that by interest and unjust gain increaseth his substance, he shall gather (c) it for him that will pity the poor. (c) For God will take away the wicked usurer, and give his goods to him that wil...
Proverbs 28:8 - Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

Second Division, Proverbs 28 f. In general character this division resembles Section II., consisting chiefly of antithetic couplets. Proverbs 28:2 b. The text is uncertain, and various render...
Proverbs 28:8 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

He that by usury and unjust gain increaseth his substance, he shall gather it for him that will pity the poor. He that by usury - increaseth his substance - By taking unlawful interest for his money;...
Proverbs 28:8 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

He that by usury and unjust gain increaseth his substance, he shall gather it for him that will pity the poor. Proverbs 13:22 , end; Ecclesiastes 2:26 ; Job 27:16-17 . Usury and unjust g...
Proverbs 28:8 - Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

Observations relating chiefly to Social Life 2. Cp. the many changes of rulers during the unsatisfactory period described in 2K15.
Proverbs 28:8 - Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

He that by usury... increaseth his substance. — See above on Proverbs 6:1 . He shall gather it for him that will pity the poor. — The “pound” is taken from him who knows not how to use it ( Luk...
Proverbs 28:8 - Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

CHAPTER 29 AN ASPECT OF ATONEMENT "He that hideth his transgressions shall not prosper; but whoso confesseth and forsaketh them shall obtain mercy."- Proverbs 28:13 "Happy is the man that fear...
Proverbs 28:8 - G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

Verse Proverbs 28:2 . "The transgression of a land" must be understood as the opposite of the "state shall be prolonged." Then the proverb means that a multiplicity of princes is an evil, but men of...
Proverbs 28:8 - Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

Better is the poor that walketh in his uprightness, than he that is perverse in his ways, though he be rich. Whoso keepeth the law is a wise son: but he that is a companion of riotous men shameth his...
Proverbs 28:8 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

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 increase...
Proverbs 28:8 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

He that by usury and unjust gain increaseth his substance, he shall gather it for him that will pity the poor. Ver. 8. He that by usury and unjust gain, &c. ] Usury is condemned by the very he...
Proverbs 28:8 - Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

He that by usury, &c., increaseth his substance Hebrew, By usury and increase , that is, by any kind of usury whereby the poor are oppressed, or by any unrighteous practices; he shall gather...
Proverbs 28:8 - L. M. Grant's Commentary on the Bible

IF we HAVE SEEN in chapter 27 the blessing of God and refuge in the sanctuary, chapter 28, a fourth section. brings our feet abruptly back to the wilderness path, where walk and ways must be tested b...
Proverbs 28:8 - Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

8 He that by usury and unjust gain increaseth his substance, he shall gather it for him that will pity the poor. Note, 1. That which is ill-got, though it may increase much, will not...
Proverbs 28:8 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

By usury and unjust gain, Heb. by usury and (or, or ) increase, i.e. by any kind of usury, whereby the poor are oppressed, as is implied from the opposite clause; or by any unrighteous practices...
Proverbs 28:8 - Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

CRITICAL NOTES.— Proverbs 28:5 . Judgment, or, “what is right” (Delitzsch) . Proverbs 28:6 . Perverse, etc., literally, “he who is crooked in two ways.” Delitzsch translates, “ a double-g...
Proverbs 28:8 - Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Proverbs 28:2 . By a man of understanding the state shall be prolonged. Who can value the Samuels in Israel; the Gracchuses in Rome; the Walpoles, the Chathams in England? In Lord Chatham's time i...
Proverbs 28:8 - The Biblical Illustrator

He that by usury and unjust gain increaseth his substance, he shall gather it for him that will pity the poor. Dishonesty A matter-of-fact Englishman, writing about the uselessness of abstract...
Proverbs 28:8 - The Complete Pulpit Commentary

EXPOSITION This chapter is still part of the Hezekiah collection, and not a new series by another author. It may be regarded as describing the various destinies of the powerful and the weak, the...
Proverbs 28:8 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

The Consequences of Impiety
Proverbs 28:8 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

2 Samuel 12:6 ; Ecclesiastes 2:26 ; Ezekiel 18:13 ; Ezekiel 18:17 ; Ezekiel 18:8 ; Job 27:16 ; Job 27:17 ; Leviticus 25:36 ; Proverbs 13:22 ; Proverbs 19:7
Proverbs 28:8 - Wells of Living Water Commentary

Divine Contrasts Proverbs 28:1-27 INTRODUCTORY WORDS We have another one of Solomon's messages which God gave to him. We will bring out several statements in the beginning of the chapter. 1....

Proverbs 28:8 - Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Proverbs 28:8 - Arno Geneva Study Bible

Proverbs 28:8 - Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

Proverbs 28:8 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

Proverbs 28:8 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

Proverbs 28:8 - Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

Proverbs 28:8 - Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

Proverbs 28:8 - Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

Proverbs 28:8 - G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

Proverbs 28:8 - Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

Proverbs 28:8 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

Proverbs 28:8 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

Proverbs 28:8 - Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Proverbs 28:8 - L. M. Grant's Commentary on the Bible

Proverbs 28:8 - Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

Proverbs 28:8 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

Proverbs 28:8 - Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

Proverbs 28:8 - Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Proverbs 28:8 - The Biblical Illustrator

Proverbs 28:8 - The Complete Pulpit Commentary

Proverbs 28:8 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

Proverbs 28:8 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Proverbs 28:8 - Wells of Living Water Commentary