Proverbs 22:7
The rich rule over the poor, and the borrower is servant to the lender.
A Conservative Version
In The King James Version
The rich ruleth over the poor, and the borrower is servant to the lender.
In Context
6Train up a child in the way he should go, and even when he is old he will not depart from it.
8He who sows iniquity shall reap calamity, and the rod of his wrath shall fail.
Cross References
Nehemiah 5:4There were also who said, We have borrowed money for the king's tribute [upon] our fields and our vineyards.
Proverbs 14:31He who oppresses a poor man reproaches his maker, but he who has mercy on a needy man honors him.
Proverbs 22:16He who oppresses a poor man to his increase, [and] he who gives to a rich man, [comes] only to want.
Isaiah 24:2And it shall be, as with the people, so with the priest, as with the servant, so with his master, as with the maid, so with her mistress, as with the buyer, so with the seller, as with the creditor, so with the debtor, as with the
Amos 4:1Hear this word, ye cows of Bashan, who are in the mountain of Samaria, who oppress the poor, who crush the needy, who say to their lords, Bring, and let us drink.
Amos 8:4Hear this, O ye who would swallow up a needy man, and cause the poor of the land to fail,
Matthew Henry on Proverbs 22:7
6 Train up a child in the way he should go: and when he is old, he will not depart from it. Here is, 1. A great duty enjoined, particularly to those that are the parents and instructors of children, in order to the propagating of wisdom, that it may not die with them: Train up children in that age of vanity, to keep them from the sins and snares of it, in that learning age, to prepare them for what they are designed for. Catechise them; initiate them; keep them under discipline. Train them as soldiers, who are… Read the whole commentary →