English Standard Version
Proverbs 22:7
7The rich rules over the poor, and the borrower is the slave of the lender.
Proverbs 22:7 in other versions
- King James Version (KJV)The rich ruleth over the poor, and the borrower is servant to the lender.
- New International Version (NIV)The rich rule over the poor, and the borrower is slave to the lender.
- New King James Version (NKJV)The rich rules over the poor, And the borrower is servant to the lender.
- New Living Translation (NLT)Just as the rich rule the poor, so the borrower is servant to the lender.
Context of Proverbs 22:7
5Thorns and snares are in the way of the crooked; whoever guards his soul will keep far from them. 6Train up a child in the way he should go; even when he is old he will not depart from it. The rich rules over the poor, and the borrower is the slave of the lender. 8Whoever sows injustice will reap calamity, and the rod of his fury will fail. 9Whoever has a bountiful eye will be blessed, for he shares his bread with the poor.
Read all of Proverbs 22Proverbs 22:7 word by word
עָ֭שִׁיר בְּרָשִׁ֣ים יִמְשׁ֑וֹל וְעֶ֥בֶד לֹ֝וֶ֗ה לְאִ֣ישׁ מַלְוֶֽה׃Read the interlinear
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Cross-references for Proverbs 22:7
- Proverbs 22:16Whoever oppresses the poor to increase his own wealth, or gives to the rich, will only come to poverty.
- Proverbs 14:31Whoever oppresses a poor man insults his Maker, but he who is generous to the needy honors him.
- Proverbs 18:23The poor use entreaties, but the rich answer roughly.
- Amos 2:6Thus says the Lord: "For three transgressions of Israel, and for four, I will not revoke the punishment, because they sell the righteous for silver, and the needy for a pair of sandals—
- Amos 4:1"Hear this word, you cows of Bashan, who are on the mountain of Samaria, who oppress the poor, who crush the needy, who say to your husbands, 'Bring, that we may drink!'
- Amos 5:11Therefore because you trample on the poor and you exact taxes of grain from him, you have built houses of hewn stone, but you shall not dwell in them; you have planted pleasant vineyards, but you shall not drink their wine.
- Amos 8:4Hear this, you who trample on the needy and bring the poor of the land to an end,
- James 2:6But you have dishonored the poor man. Are not the rich the ones who oppress you, and the ones who drag you into court?
- James 5:1Come now, you rich, weep and howl for the miseries that are coming upon you.
- 2 Kings 4:1Now the wife of one of the sons of the prophets cried to Elisha, "Your servant my husband is dead, and you know that your servant feared the Lord, but the creditor has come to take my two children to be his slaves."
- Nehemiah 5:4And there were those who said, "We have borrowed money for the king's tax on our fields and our vineyards.
- Isaiah 24:2And it shall be, as with the people, so with the priest; as with the slave, so with his master; as with the maid, so with her mistress; as with the buyer, so with the seller; as with the lender, so with the borrower; as with the creditor, so with the debtor.
- Matthew 18:25And since he could not pay, his master ordered him to be sold, with his wife and children and all that he had, and payment to be made.
Commentaries on Proverbs 22:7
- Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 7The rich ruieth over the poor - So it is in the order of God, and may be a blessing to both.Read the comment
- Matthew Henry Concise Commentary · v. 7Verse 7 This shows how important it is for every man to keep out of debt. As to the things of this life, there is a difference between the rich and the poor; but let the poor remember, it is the Lord that made the difference.Read the comment
- Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 7This warns against borrowing. Other proverbs advise against guaranteeing others' debts (Proverbs 6:1–2; 20:16).Read the comment
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 77. The influence of wealth sets aside moral distinctions is implied, and, of course, disapproved (compare Pr 19:6; 21:14, &c.).Read the comment
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Commentaries on Proverbs 22
- Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
- Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
- Tyndale Open Study Notes
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
- Rashi on Tanakh
- Keil & Delitzsch Commentary
- John Wesley’s Notes
- Darby Translation Notes
- Geneva Bible Translation Notes
- Kingcomments
- Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
- Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
- Scofield Reference Notes, 1917 Edition
- Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
- EGW Writings
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