Proverbs 22:7

The Scriptures 1998

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

Cross References

2 Kings 4:1

And 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 יהוה. And the lender has come to take my two sons to be his slaves.”

Proverbs 14:31

He who oppresses the poor reproaches his Maker, But he who esteems Him shows favour to the needy.

Proverbs 18:23

The poor speaks beseechingly, But the rich answers fiercely.

Proverbs 22:16

One oppresses the poor to increase his wealth, Another gives to the rich, only to come to poverty.

Proverbs 22:22

Do not rob the poor because he is poor, And oppress not 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 female servant 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 said יהוה, “For three transgressions of Yisra’ĕ

Amos 4:1

Hear this word, you cows of Bashan, who are on the mountain of Shomeron, who are oppressing the poor, who are crushing the needy, who are saying to their masters, “Bring wine, let us drink!”

Amos 8:4

Hear this, you who are swallowing up the needy, to do away with the poor of the land,

Amos 8:6

to buy the poor for silver, and the needy for a pair of sandals, and sell the chaff of the wheat?”

Matthew 18:25

but as he was unable to pay, his master commanded that he be sold, with his wife and children and all that he had, and payment to be made.

James 2:6

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

James 5:1

Come now, rich ones, weep, crying aloud over the hardships coming upon you!

James 5:4

See, the wages of the workmen who mowed your fields, which you kept back, cry out. And the cries of the reapers have reached the ears of יהוה  of hosts.