Proverbs 22:7

Authorized King James Version (1611)

¶ The rich ruleth over the poor, and the borrower [is] servant to the lender.

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Referenced Verses

  • Prov 18:23 : 23 ¶ The poor useth intreaties; but the rich answereth roughly.
  • Jas 2:6 : 6 But ye have despised the poor. Do not rich men oppress you, and draw you before the judgment seats?
  • Jas 5:1 : 1 ¶ Go to now, [ye] rich men, weep and howl for your miseries that shall come upon [you].
  • Jas 5:4 : 4 Behold, the hire of the labourers who have reaped down your fields, which is of you kept back by fraud, crieth: and the cries of them which have reaped are entered into the ears of the Lord of sabaoth.
  • 2 Kgs 4:1 : 1 ¶ Now there cried a certain woman of the wives of the sons of the prophets unto Elisha, saying, Thy servant my husband is dead; and thou knowest that thy servant did fear the LORD: and the creditor is come to take unto him my two sons to be bondmen.
  • Neh 5:4-5 : 4 There were also that said, We have borrowed money for the king's tribute, [and that upon] our lands and vineyards. 5 Yet now our flesh [is] as the flesh of our brethren, our children as their children: and, lo, we bring into bondage our sons and our daughters to be servants, and [some] of our daughters are brought unto bondage [already]: neither [is it] in our power [to redeem them]; for other men have our lands and vineyards.
  • Prov 14:31 : 31 ¶ He that oppresseth the poor reproacheth his Maker: but he that honoureth him hath mercy on the poor.
  • Prov 22:16 : 16 ¶ He that oppresseth the poor to increase his [riches, and] he that giveth to the rich, [shall] surely [come] to want.
  • Prov 22:22 : 22 ¶ Rob not the poor, because he [is] poor: neither oppress the afflicted in the gate:
  • Isa 24:2 : 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 taker of usury, so with the giver of usury to him.
  • Amos 2:6 : 6 Thus saith the LORD; For three transgressions of Israel, and for four, I will not turn away [the punishment] thereof; because they sold the righteous for silver, and the poor for a pair of shoes;
  • Amos 4:1 : 1 ¶ Hear this word, ye kine of Bashan, that [are] in the mountain of Samaria, which oppress the poor, which crush the needy, which say to their masters, Bring, and let us drink.
  • Amos 5:11-12 : 11 Forasmuch therefore as your treading [is] upon the poor, and ye take from him burdens of wheat: ye have built houses of hewn stone, but ye shall not dwell in them; ye have planted pleasant vineyards, but ye shall not drink wine of them. 12 For I know your manifold transgressions and your mighty sins: they afflict the just, they take a bribe, and they turn aside the poor in the gate [from their right].
  • Amos 8:4 : 4 ¶ Hear this, O ye that swallow up the needy, even to make the poor of the land to fail,
  • Amos 8:6 : 6 That we may buy the poor for silver, and the needy for a pair of shoes; [yea], and sell the refuse of the wheat?
  • Matt 18:25 : 25 ‹But forasmuch as he had not to pay, his lord commanded him to be sold, and his wife, and children, and all that he had, and payment to be made.›

Similar Verses (AI)

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    16¶ He that oppresseth the poor to increase his [riches, and] he that giveth to the rich, [shall] surely [come] to want.

  • Prov 19:17
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    17¶ He that hath pity upon the poor lendeth unto the LORD; and that which he hath given will he pay him again.

  • Prov 22:8
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    8¶ He that soweth iniquity shall reap vanity: and the rod of his anger shall fail.

  • Exod 22:25
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    25¶ If thou lend money to [any of] my people [that is] poor by thee, thou shalt not be to him as an usurer, neither shalt thou lay upon him usury.

  • Isa 24:2
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    2And 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 taker of usury, so with the giver of usury to him.

  • 1 Sam 2:7-8
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    7The LORD maketh poor, and maketh rich: he bringeth low, and lifteth up.

    8He raiseth up the poor out of the dust, [and] lifteth up the beggar from the dunghill, to set [them] among princes, and to make them inherit the throne of glory: for the pillars of the earth [are] the LORD'S, and he hath set the world upon them.

  • Prov 28:8
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    8¶ He that by usury and unjust gain increaseth his substance, he shall gather it for him that will pity the poor.

  • Deut 15:6
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    6For the LORD thy God blesseth thee, as he promised thee: and thou shalt lend unto many nations, but thou shalt not borrow; and thou shalt reign over many nations, but they shall not reign over thee.

  • Prov 13:7-8
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    7¶ There is that maketh himself rich, yet [hath] nothing: [there is] that maketh himself poor, yet [hath] great riches.

    8¶ The ransom of a man's life [are] his riches: but the poor heareth not rebuke.

  • Prov 22:2
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    2¶ The rich and poor meet together: the LORD [is] the maker of them all.

  • Ps 37:21-22
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    21¶ The wicked borroweth, and payeth not again: but the righteous sheweth mercy, and giveth.

    22For [such as be] blessed of him shall inherit the earth; and [they that be] cursed of him shall be cut off.

  • Prov 22:6
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    6¶ Train up a child in the way he should go: and when he is old, he will not depart from it.

  • Deut 28:44
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    44He shall lend to thee, and thou shalt not lend to him: he shall be the head, and thou shalt be the tail.

  • Prov 18:23
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    23¶ The poor useth intreaties; but the rich answereth roughly.

  • Prov 14:31
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    31¶ He that oppresseth the poor reproacheth his Maker: but he that honoureth him hath mercy on the poor.

  • Prov 28:15-16
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    15¶ [As] a roaring lion, and a ranging bear; [so is] a wicked ruler over the poor people.

    16¶ The prince that wanteth understanding [is] also a great oppressor: [but] he that hateth covetousness shall prolong [his] days.

  • Prov 28:3
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    3¶ A poor man that oppresseth the poor [is like] a sweeping rain which leaveth no food.

  • Prov 28:11
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    11¶ The rich man [is] wise in his own conceit; but the poor that hath understanding searcheth him out.

  • Prov 10:15
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    15¶ The rich man's wealth [is] his strong city: the destruction of the poor [is] their poverty.

  • Lam 5:8
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    8Servants have ruled over us: [there is] none that doth deliver [us] out of their hand.

  • Prov 12:24
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    24¶ The hand of the diligent shall bear rule: but the slothful shall be under tribute.

  • Prov 28:6
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    6¶ Better [is] the poor that walketh in his uprightness, than [he that is] perverse [in his] ways, though he [be] rich.

  • Prov 29:21
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    21¶ He that delicately bringeth up his servant from a child shall have him become [his] son at the length.

  • Prov 17:2
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    2¶ A wise servant shall have rule over a son that causeth shame, and shall have part of the inheritance among the brethren.

  • Deut 28:12
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    12The LORD shall open unto thee his good treasure, the heaven to give the rain unto thy land in his season, and to bless all the work of thine hand: and thou shalt lend unto many nations, and thou shalt not borrow.

  • Prov 22:26-27
    2 verses
    71%

    26¶ Be not thou [one] of them that strike hands, [or] of them that are sureties for debts.

    27If thou hast nothing to pay, why should he take away thy bed from under thee?

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    22¶ He that hasteth to be rich [hath] an evil eye, and considereth not that poverty shall come upon him.

  • Matt 24:47
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    47‹Verily I say unto you, That he shall make him ruler over all his goods.›

  • Isa 3:5-6
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    5And the people shall be oppressed, every one by another, and every one by his neighbour: the child shall behave himself proudly against the ancient, and the base against the honourable.

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  • Prov 14:20
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    20¶ The poor is hated even of his own neighbour: but the rich [hath] many friends.

  • Prov 10:4
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    4¶ He becometh poor that dealeth [with] a slack hand: but the hand of the diligent maketh rich.

  • Prov 10:22
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    22¶ The blessing of the LORD, it maketh rich, and he addeth no sorrow with it.

  • Ps 37:26
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    26[He is] ever merciful, and lendeth; and his seed [is] blessed.

  • Eccl 10:7
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    7I have seen servants upon horses, and princes walking as servants upon the earth.

  • Ps 41:1
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    1¶ To the chief Musician, A Psalm of David. Blessed [is] he that considereth the poor: the LORD will deliver him in time of trouble.

  • Prov 13:22-23
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    22¶ A good [man] leaveth an inheritance to his children's children: and the wealth of the sinner [is] laid up for the just.

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  • Lev 25:43
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    43Thou shalt not rule over him with rigour; but shalt fear thy God.

  • Lev 25:53
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    53[And] as a yearly hired servant shall he be with him: [and the other] shall not rule with rigour over him in thy sight.

  • Lev 25:37
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    37Thou shalt not give him thy money upon usury, nor lend him thy victuals for increase.

  • Prov 28:27
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    27¶ He that giveth unto the poor shall not lack: but he that hideth his eyes shall have many a curse.

  • Deut 24:12
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    12And if the man [be] poor, thou shalt not sleep with his pledge:

  • Eccl 5:13
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    13There is a sore evil [which] I have seen under the sun, [namely], riches kept for the owners thereof to their hurt.

  • Prov 22:22
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    22¶ Rob not the poor, because he [is] poor: neither oppress the afflicted in the gate: