Proverbs 22:7
The rich rule over the poor. And the borrower is servant to the lender.
Catholic Public Domain Version
In The King James Version
The rich ruleth over the poor, and the borrower is servant to the lender.
In Context
6The proverb is: A youth is close to his way; even when he is old, he will not withdraw from it.
8Whoever sows iniquity will reap evils, and by the rod of his own wrath he will be consumed.
Cross References
Nehemiah 5:4And others were saying: “Let us borrow money for the tribute of the king, and let us surrender our fields and vineyards.”
Proverbs 14:31Whoever slanders the indigent argues against his Maker. But he who has compassion on the poor honors his Maker.
Proverbs 22:16Whoever slanders the poor, so as to augment his own riches, will give it away to one who is richer, and will be in need.
Isaiah 24:2And this shall be: as with the people, so with the priest; and as with the servant, so with his master; as with the handmaid, so with her mistress; as with the buyer, so with the seller; as with the lender, so with the borrower; as with the creditor, so with the debtor.
Amos 4:1Listen to this word, you fat cows that are on the mountain of Samaria, you who make false accusations against the destitute and crush the poor, who say to your nobles, “Bring, and we will drink.”
Amos 8:4Hear this, you who crush the poor and who make those in need of land to do without.
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 →