Proverbs 22:7
Rich people rule over poor people 1 and one who borrows is a slave to the one who lends. 1
Unlocked Literal Bible
In The King James Version
The rich ruleth over the poor, and the borrower is servant to the lender.
In Context
8He who sows injustice will reap trouble 1 and the rod of his fury will fade away. 1
Cross References
Nehemiah 5:4Some also said, “We have borrowed money to pay the king's tax on our fields and our vineyards.
Proverbs 14:31The one who oppresses the poor curses his Maker, 1 but the one who shows favor to the needy honors him. 1
Proverbs 22:16The one who oppresses poor people to increase his wealth, 1 or gives to rich people, will come to poverty. 1
Isaiah 24:2It will come about that, as with the people, so with the priest; 1 as with the servant, so with his master; 1 as with the maid, so with her mistress; 1 as with the buyer, so with the seller; 1 as with the creditor, so with the debtor; 1 as with the receiver of interest, so with the giver of interest. 1
Amos 4:1Listen to this word, 1 you cows of Bashan, 1 you who are in the mountain of Samaria, 1 you who oppress the poor, 1 you who crush the needy, 1 you who say to your husbands, 1 “Bring us drinks.” 1
Amos 8:4Listen to this, you who trample the needy 1 and remove 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 →