Proverbs 28:8 (BSB)

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

From Proverbs 28. Also in the ESV.

Commentary on Proverbs 28:8

• Matthew Henry (Presbyterian), Matthew Henry's Complete Commentary on Proverbs 28:8: Note, 1. That which is ill-got, though it may increase much, will not last long. A man may perhaps raise a great estate, in a little time, by usury and extortion, fraud, and oppression of the poor, but it will not continue; he gathers it for himself, but it shall prove to have been gathered for somebody else that he has no kindness for.
• John Gill (Reformed Baptist), Exposition of the Old and New Testaments on Proverbs 28:8: 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 a "birth", because money is the birth of money, as Aristotle (e) observes; and...
• Jamieson-Fausset-Brown (Reformed), Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible on Proverbs 28:8: usury . . . unjust gain--(Compare Margin). The two terms, meaning nearly the same, may denote excessive interest. God's providence directs the proper use of wealth.
• Geneva Bible Notes (Reformed), Geneva Bible Study Notes on Proverbs 28:8: He that by interest and unjust gain increaseth his substance, he shall gather it for him that will pity the poor. (c) For God will take away the wicked usurer, and give his goods to him that will bestow them well.