Proverbs 22:7
The rich ruleth over the poor, and the borrower is servant to the lender.
JPS TaNaKH 1917
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 that soweth iniquity shall reap vanity; and the rod of his wrath shall fail.
Cross References
Nehemiah 5:4There were also that said: 'We have borrowed money for the king's tribute upon our fields and our vineyards.
Proverbs 14:31He that oppresseth the poor blasphemeth his Maker; but he that is gracious unto the needy honoureth Him.
Proverbs 22:16One may oppress the poor, yet will their gain increase; one may give to the rich, yet will want come.
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 creditor, so with the debtor.
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 unto their lords: 'Bring, that we may feast.'
Amos 8:4Hear this, O ye that would swallow the needy, and destroy 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 →