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

Bible Comments

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 gain. "Usury," from a root to bite ( neshek (H5392), from naashak (H5391)): of a severer kind. "Unjust gain" - literally, increase, multiplication of the principal (tharbith): of a milder kind, (Leviticus 25:35, etc.)

Proverbs 28:8

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