Proverbs 22:7
The rich ruleth over the poor; and the borrower is servant to the lender.
Darby Translation
In The King James Version
The rich ruleth over the poor, and the borrower is servant to the lender.
In Context
6Train up the child according to the tenor of his way, and when he is old he will not depart from it.
8He that soweth unrighteousness shall reap iniquity, and the rod of his wrath shall have an end.
Cross References
Nehemiah 5:4And there were that said, We have borrowed money for the king's tribute upon our fields and vineyards;
Proverbs 14:31He that oppresseth the poor reproacheth his Maker; but he that honoureth Him is gracious to the needy.
Proverbs 22:16He that oppresseth the poor, it is to enrich him; he that giveth to the rich, [bringeth] 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 lender, so with the borrower; as with the taker of usury, so with him from whom usury is taken.
Amos 4:1Hear this word, ye kine of Bashan, that are in the mountain of Samaria, that oppress the poor, that crush the needy, that say to their lords, Bring, and let us drink:
Amos 8:4Hear this, ye that pant after the needy, even to cause to fail the poor of the land,
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 →