Proverbs 22:7
The oisher ruleth over the rahshim (paupers), 1 and the loveh (borrower, debtor) is eved (slave) to the ish malveh (lender). 1
Orthodox Jewish Bible
In The King James Version
The rich ruleth over the poor, and the borrower is servant to the lender.
In Context
Cross References
Nehemiah 5:4There were also that said, We have borrowed kesef for the tax of HaMelech, and that upon our sadot and kramim.
Proverbs 14:31He that oppresseth the dal (poor) showeth contempt for his Oseh (Maker), 1 but he that honoreth Him is kind to the evyon (needy). 1
Proverbs 22:16He that oppresseth the dal (poor) in order to increase, 1 and he that giveth to the oisher, shall surely come to machsor (poverty, want). 1
Isaiah 24:2And it shall be, 1 as with HaAm, so with the kohen; 1 as with the eved, so with his adonim; 1 as with the shifcha (maid), so with her gevirah (mistress); 1 as with the koneh (buyer), so with the mokher (seller); 1 as with the malveh (lender), so with the loveh (borrower); 1 as with the nosheh (creditor), so with the one owing him. 1
Amos 4:1Hear this word, ye cows of Bashan, 1 that are on Mt Shomron, which oppress the poor, 1 which crush the needy, which say to their adonim: 1 Bring, and let us drink. 1
Amos 8:4Hear this, O ye that swallow up the needy, 1 even to make the anivvei aretz (poor of the land) to fail, 1
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 →