Proverbs 22:7

Christian Standard Bible Anglicised

The rich rule over the poor, and the borrower is a slave to the lender.

Cross References

2 Kings 4:1

One of the wives of the sons of the prophets  cried out to Elisha, ‘Your servant, my husband, has died. You know that your servant feared the Lord.  Now the creditor is coming to take my two children as his slaves.’

Proverbs 22:16

Oppressing the poor to enrich oneself, and giving to the rich #– #both lead only to poverty.

Proverbs 18:23

The poor person pleads, but the rich one answers roughly.

James 2:6

Yet you have dishonoured the poor.  Don’t the rich oppress you and drag  you into court?

Matthew 18:25

Since he did not have the money to pay it back, his master commanded that he, his wife, his children, and everything he had be sold to pay the debt.

Proverbs 22:22

Don’t rob a poor person because he is poor, and don’t crush the oppressed  at the city gate,

Proverbs 14:31

The one who oppresses the poor person insults his Maker, but one who is kind to the needy honours him.

James 5:1

Come now, you rich  people, weep and wail over the miseries that are coming on you.

Amos 8:6

We can buy the poor with silver and the needy for a pair of sandals and even sell the chaff! ’

Amos 8:4

Hear this, you who trample on the needy and do away with the poor of the land,

Amos 4:1

Listen to this message, you cows of Bashan who are on the hill of Samaria, women who oppress the poor and crush the needy, who say to their husbands, ‘Bring us something to drink.’

Isaiah 24:2

people and priest alike, servant and master, female servant and mistress, buyer and seller, lender and borrower, creditor and debtor.

James 5:4

Look! The pay that you withheld from the workers  who mowed your fields cries out, and the outcry of the harvesters has reached the ears of the Lord of Armies.

Amos 2:6

The Lord says: I will not relent from punishing Israel for three crimes, even four, because they sell a righteous person for silver and a needy person for a pair of sandals.