Proverbs 22:7
The rich over the poor ruleth, And a servant [is] the borrower to the lender.
Young's Literal Translation
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 turneth not from it.
8Whoso is sowing perverseness reapeth sorrow, And the rod of his anger weareth out.
Cross References
Nehemiah 5:4And there are 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 reproacheth his Maker, And whoso is honouring Him Is favouring the needy.
Proverbs 22:16He is oppressing the poor to multiply to him, He is giving to the rich — only to want.
Isaiah 24:2And it hath been — as a people so a priest, As the servant so his master, As the maid-servant 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, ye kine of Bashan, Who [are] in the mountain of Samaria, Who are oppressing the poor, Who are bruising the needy, Who are saying to their lords: 'Bring in, and we do drink.'
Amos 8:4Hear this, ye who are swallowing up the needy, To cause to cease 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 →