Proverbs 22:7

New King James Version

The rich rules over the poor, And the borrower is servant to the lender.

Cross References

2 Kings 4:1

A certain woman of the wives of the sons of the prophets cried out to Elisha, saying, “Your servant my husband is dead, and you know that your servant feared the Lord. And the creditor is coming to take my two sons to be his slaves.”

Proverbs 14:31

He who oppresses the poor reproaches his Maker, But he who honors Him has mercy on the needy.

Proverbs 18:23

The poor man uses entreaties, But the rich answers roughly.

Proverbs 22:16

He who oppresses the poor to increase his riches, And he who gives to the rich, will surely come to poverty.

Proverbs 22:22

Do not rob the poor because he is poor, Nor oppress the afflicted at the gate;

Isaiah 24:2

And it shall be: As with the people, so with the priest; As with the servant, 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.

Amos 2:6

Thus says the Lord: “For three transgressions of Israel, and for four, I will not turn away its punishment, Because they sell the righteous for silver, And the poor 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 wine, let us drink!”

Amos 8:4

Hear this, you who swallow up the needy, And make the poor of the land fail,

Amos 8:6

That we may buy the poor for silver, And the needy for a pair of sandals— Even sell the bad wheat?”

Matthew 18:25

But as he was not able to pay, his master commanded that he be sold, with his wife and children and all that he had, and that payment be made.

James 2:6

But you have dishonored the poor man. Do not the rich oppress you and drag you into the courts?

James 5:1

Come now, you rich, weep and howl for your miseries that are coming upon you!

James 5:4

Indeed the wages of the laborers who mowed your fields, which you kept back by fraud, cry out; and the cries of the reapers have reached the ears of the Lord of Sabaoth.