Proverbs 22:7

Tree of Life Version

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

Cross References

2 Kings 4:1

Now a certain woman of the wives of the sons of the prophets cried out to Elisha saying, “Your servant my husband is dead—you know that your servant feared Adonai. Now the creditor has come to take my two children to be his slaves.”

Proverbs 14:31

The one who oppresses the poor shows contempt for his Maker, but whoever is kind to the needy honors Him.

Proverbs 18:23

The poor request favor, but the rich answer harshly.

Proverbs 22:16

The one who oppresses the poor to increase his own gain, and the one who gives to the rich— both end in poverty.

Proverbs 22:22

Do not rob a poor person because he is poor, nor crush the needy at the gate,

Isaiah 24:2

So it shall be: as with the people, so with the kohen, as with a servant, so with his master, as with a maid, so with her mistress, as with a buyer, so with the seller, as with a lender, so with the borrower, as with a creditor, so with the debtor.

Amos 2:6

Thus says Adonai: “For three crimes of Israel even for four, I will not relent. For they sell the righteous for silver and the needy for a pair of shoes.

Amos 4:1

Hear this word, you cows of Bashan, who are on Samaria’s hill, who oppress the poor, who crush the needy, who say to their masters: “Bring, so we may drink.”

Amos 8:4

Hear this, you who trample the poor, destroying the afflicted of the land

Amos 8:6

buy the poor for silver, the needy for a pair of sandals! We’ll even sell the refuse of the grain!’”

Matthew 18:25

But since he didn’t have the money to repay, his master ordered him to be sold, along with his wife and children and all that he had, and payment to be made.

James 2:6

But you have dishonored the poor person. Isn’t it the rich who oppress you and drag you into court?

James 5:1

Come now, you rich, weep and wail over the miseries that are coming upon you.

James 5:4

Behold, the wages of the workers who mowed your fields—which you kept back by fraud—are crying out against you. And the cries of the harvesters have reached the ears of the Lord of Hosts.