Proverbs 22:7
The rich rules over the poor, || And a servant [is] the borrower to the lender.
Literal Standard Version
In The King James Version
The rich ruleth over the poor, and the borrower is servant to the lender.
In Context
6Give instruction to a youth about his way, || Even when he is old he does not turn from it.
8Whoever is sowing perverseness reaps sorrow, || And the rod of his anger wears out.
Cross References
Nehemiah 5:4And there are [those] who are saying, “We have borrowed money for the tribute of the king, [on] our fields, and our vineyards;
Proverbs 14:31An oppressor of the poor reproaches his Maker, || And whoever is honoring Him || Is favoring the needy.
Proverbs 22:16He [who] is oppressing the poor to multiply his [riches], || Is giving to the rich—only to want.
Isaiah 24:2And it has been—as a people so a priest, || As the servant so his master, || As the maidservant so her mistress, || As the buyer so the seller, || As the lender so the borrower, || As the usurer so he who is lifting [it] on himself.
Amos 4:1Hear this word, you cows of Bashan, || Who [are] on the mountain of Samaria, || Who are oppressing the poor, || Who are bruising the needy, || Who are saying to their lords: “Bring in, and we drink.”
Amos 8:4Hear this, you who are swallowing up the needy, || To cause the poor of the land to cease,
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 →