Proverbs 22:7

Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version

The rich ruleth over the poor: and the borrower is servant to him that lendeth.

Cross References

2 Kings 4:1

Now a certain woman of the wives of the prophets cried to Eliseus, saying: Thy servant my husband is dead. And thou knowest that thy servant was one that feared God: and, behold the creditor is come to take away my two sons to serve him.

Proverbs 22:16

He that oppresseth the poor, to increase his own riches, shall himself give to one that is richer, and shall be in need.

Proverbs 18:23

The poor will speak with supplications, and the rich will speak roughly.

James 2:6

But you have dishonoured the poor man. Do not the rich oppress you by might? and do not they draw you before the judgment seats?

Matthew 18:25

And as he had not wherewith to pay it, his lord commanded that he should be sold, and his wife and children and all that he had, and payment to be made.

Proverbs 22:22

Do no violence to the poor, because he is poor: and do not oppress the needy in the gate:

Proverbs 14:31

He that oppresseth the poor, upbraideth his Maker: but he that hath pity on the poor, honoureth him.

James 5:1

Go to now, ye rich men, weep and howl in your miseries, which shall come upon you.

Amos 8:6

That we may possess the needy for money, and the poor for a pair of shoes, and may sell the refuse of the corn?

Amos 8:4

Hear this, you that crush the poor, and make the needy of the land to fail,

Amos 4:1

Hear this word, ye fat kine that are in the mountains of Samaria: you that oppress the needy, and crush the poor: that say to your masters: Bring, and we will drink.

Isaiah 24:2

And it shall be as with the people, so with the priest: and as with the servant, so with his master: as with the handmaid, so with her mistress: as with the buyer, so with the seller: as with the lender, so with the borrower: as with him that calleth for his money, so with him that oweth.

James 5:4

Behold the hire of the labourers, who have reaped down your fields, which by fraud has been kept back by you, crieth: and the cry of them hath entered into the ears of the Lord of sabaoth.

Amos 2:6

Thus saith the Lord: For three crimes of Israel, and for four I will not convert him: because he hath sold the just man for silver, and the poor man for a pair of shoes.