Proverbs 22:7

The rich rule over the poor. 2 The borrower is servant to the lender. 1

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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, 2 and when he is old he will not depart from it. 1

8He who sows wickedness reaps vain striving of iniquity, 2 and the rod of his fury will be destroyed. + 22:8 Greek Septuagint version: “He that sows wickedness shall reap troubles; and shall fully receive the punishment of his deeds. God loves a cheerful and generous man; but [a man] shall fully prove the folly of his works.” + 22:8 Greek Septuagint is Quoted in 2 Cor 9:7 1

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Cross References

Proverbs 14:31He who oppresses the poor shows contempt for his Maker, 2 but he who honors him shows mercy to the needy. 1

Proverbs 22:16Whoever oppresses the poor for his own increase and whoever gives to the rich, 2 both come to poverty. 1

Isaiah 24:2It will 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 creditor, so with the debtor; as with the taker of interest, so with the giver of interest.

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 →

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