Add parallel Print Page Options

Whoever amasses wealth by interest and overcharge[a]
    gathers it for the one who is kind to the poor.
Those who turn their ears from hearing instruction,(A)
    even their prayer is an abomination.
10 Those who mislead the upright into an evil way
    will themselves fall into their own pit,
    but the blameless will attain prosperity.

Read full chapter

Footnotes

  1. 28:8 Interest and overcharge were strictly forbidden in the old law among Israelites because it was presumed that the borrower was in distress; cf. Ex 22:25; Lv 25:35–37; Dt 23:20; Ps 15:5; Ez 18:8. Divine providence will take the offender’s wealth; cf. Eccl 2:26.