Proverbs 22:7

God's Word

A rich person rules poor people, and a borrower is a slave to a lender.

Cross References

2 Kings 4:1

One of the wives of a disciple of the prophets called to Elisha, “Sir, my husband is dead! You know how he feared the Lord. Now a creditor has come to take my two children as slaves.”

Proverbs 14:31

Whoever oppresses the poor insults his maker, but whoever is kind to the needy honors him.

Proverbs 18:23

A poor person is timid when begging, but a rich person is blunt when replying.

Proverbs 22:16

Oppressing the poor for profit ⌞or⌟ giving to the rich certainly leads to poverty.

Proverbs 22:22

Do not rob the poor because they are poor or trample on the rights of an oppressed person at the city gate,

Isaiah 24:2

The same will happen to people and priests, male slaves and masters, female slaves and masters, buyers and sellers, lenders and borrowers, debtors and creditors.

Amos 2:6

This is what the Lord says: Because Israel has committed three crimes, and now a fourth crime, I will not change my plans. The people of Israel sell the righteous for money and the needy for a pair of sandals.

Amos 4:1

Listen to this message, you cows of Bashan who live on Mount Samaria. You women oppress the poor and abuse the needy. You say to your husbands, “Get some wine! Let’s drink!”

Amos 8:4

Listen to this, those who trample on the needy and ruin those who are oppressed in the world.

Amos 8:6

We can buy the poor with money and the needy for a pair of sandals. We can sell the husks mixed in with the wheat.”

Matthew 18:25

Because he could not pay off the debt, the master ordered him, his wife, his children, and all that he had to be sold to pay off the account.

James 2:6

Yet, you show no respect to poor people. Don’t rich people oppress you and drag you into court?

James 5:1

Pay attention to this if you’re rich. Cry and moan about the misery that is coming to you.

James 5:4

The wages you refused to pay the people who harvested your fields shout ⌞to God⌟ against you. The Lord of Armies has heard the cries of those who gather the crops.