Proverbs 22:7

New International Version

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

Cross References

2 Kings 4:1

The wife of a man from the company of the prophets cried out to Elisha, “Your servant my husband is dead, and you know that he revered the Lord. But now his creditor is coming to take my two boys as his slaves.”

Proverbs 22:16

One who oppresses the poor to increase his wealth and one who gives gifts to the rich—both come to poverty.

Proverbs 18:23

The poor plead for mercy, but the rich answer harshly.

James 2:6

But you have dishonored the poor. Is it not the rich who are exploiting you? Are they not the ones who are dragging you into court?

Matthew 18:25

Since he was not able to pay, the master ordered that he and his wife and his children and all that he had be sold to repay the debt.

Proverbs 22:22

Do not exploit the poor because they are poor and do not crush the needy in court,

Proverbs 14:31

Whoever oppresses the poor shows contempt for their Maker, but whoever is kind to the needy honors God.

James 5:1

Now listen, you rich people, weep and wail because of the misery that is coming on you.

Amos 8:6

buying the poor with silver and the needy for a pair of sandals, selling even the sweepings with the wheat.

Amos 8:4

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

Amos 4:1

Hear this word, you cows of Bashan on Mount Samaria, you women who oppress the poor and crush the needy and say to your husbands, “Bring us some drinks!”

Isaiah 24:2

it will be the same for priest as for people, for the master as for his servant, for the mistress as for her servant, for seller as for buyer, for borrower as for lender, for debtor as for creditor.

James 5:4

Look! The wages you failed to pay the workers who mowed your fields are crying out against you. The cries of the harvesters have reached the ears of the Lord Almighty.

Amos 2:6

This is what the Lord says: “For three sins of Israel, even for four, I will not relent. They sell the innocent for silver, and the needy for a pair of sandals.