Proverbs 22:7

World English Bible (2000)

The rich rule over the poor. The borrower is servant to the lender.

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Referenced Verses

  • Prov 18:23 : 23 The poor plead for mercy, but the rich answer harshly.
  • Jas 2:6 : 6 But you have dishonored the poor man. Don't the rich oppress you, and personally drag you before the courts?
  • Jas 5:1 : 1 Come now, you rich, weep and howl for your miseries that are coming on you.
  • Jas 5:4 : 4 Behold, the wages of the laborers who mowed your fields, which you have kept back by fraud, cry out, and the cries of those who reaped have entered into the ears of the Lord of Armies.
  • 2 Kgs 4:1 : 1 Now there cried a certain woman of the wives of the sons of the prophets to Elisha, saying, "Your servant my husband is dead. You know that your servant feared Yahweh. Now the creditor has come to take for himself my two children to be slaves."
  • Neh 5:4-5 : 4 There were also some who said, "We have borrowed money for the king's tribute using our fields and our vineyards as collateral. 5 Yet now our flesh is as the flesh of our brothers, our children as their children. Behold, we bring into bondage our sons and our daughters to be servants, and some of our daughters have been brought into bondage. Neither is it in our power to help it; for other men have our fields and our vineyards."
  • Prov 14:31 : 31 He who oppresses the poor shows contempt for his Maker, but he who is kind to the needy honors him.
  • Prov 22:16 : 16 Whoever oppresses the poor for his own increase and whoever gives to the rich, both come to poverty.
  • Prov 22:22 : 22 Don't exploit the poor, because he is poor; and don't crush the needy in court;
  • Isa 24:2 : 2 It will 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 creditor, so with the debtor; as with the taker of interest, so with the giver of interest.
  • Amos 2:6 : 6 Thus says Yahweh: "For three transgressions of Israel, yes, for four, I will not turn away its punishment; because they have sold the righteous for silver, and the needy for a pair of shoes;
  • Amos 4:1 : 1 Listen to this word, you cows of Bashan, who are on the mountain of Samaria, who oppress the poor, who crush the needy, who tell their husbands, "Bring us drinks!"
  • Amos 5:11-12 : 11 Forasmuch therefore as you trample on the poor, and take taxes from him of wheat: You have built houses of cut stone, but you will not dwell in them. You have planted pleasant vineyards, but you shall not drink their wine. 12 For I know how many your offenses, and how great are your sins-- you who afflict the just, who take a bribe, and who turn aside the needy in the courts.
  • Amos 8:4 : 4 Hear this, you who desire to swallow up the needy, and cause 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, and sell the sweepings with the wheat?'"
  • Matt 18:25 : 25 But because he couldn't pay, his lord commanded him to be sold, with his wife, his children, and all that he had, and payment to be made.

Similar Verses (AI)

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  • Prov 22:16
    79%

    16 Whoever oppresses the poor for his own increase and whoever gives to the rich, both come to poverty.

  • Prov 19:17
    76%

    17 He who has pity on the poor lends to Yahweh; he will reward him.

  • Prov 22:8
    75%

    8 He who sows wickedness reaps trouble, and the rod of his fury will be destroyed.

  • Exod 22:25
    75%

    25 "If you lend money to any of my people with you who is poor, you shall not be to him as a creditor; neither shall you charge him interest.

  • Isa 24:2
    75%

    2 It will 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 creditor, so with the debtor; as with the taker of interest, so with the giver of interest.

  • 1 Sam 2:7-8
    2 verses
    75%

    7 Yahweh makes poor, and makes rich. He brings low, he also lifts up.

    8 He raises up the poor out of the dust. He lifts up the needy from the dunghill, To make them sit with princes, and inherit the throne of glory. For the pillars of the earth are Yahweh's. He has set the world on them.

  • Prov 28:8
    75%

    8 He who increases his wealth by excessive interest gathers it for one who has pity on the poor.

  • Deut 15:6
    74%

    6 For Yahweh your God will bless you, as he promised you: and you shall lend to many nations, but you shall not borrow; and you shall rule over many nations, but they shall not rule over you.

  • Prov 13:7-8
    2 verses
    74%

    7 There are some who pretend to be rich, yet have nothing. There are some who pretend to be poor, yet have great wealth.

    8 The ransom of a man's life is his riches, but the poor hear no threats.

  • Prov 22:2
    74%

    2 The rich and the poor have this in common: Yahweh is the maker of them all.

  • Ps 37:21-22
    2 verses
    74%

    21 The wicked borrow, and don't pay back, but the righteous give generously.

    22 For such as are blessed by him shall inherit the land. Those who are cursed by him shall be cut off.

  • Prov 22:6
    74%

    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
    73%

    44 He shall lend to you, and you shall not lend to him: he shall be the head, and you shall be the tail.

  • Prov 18:23
    73%

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

  • Prov 14:31
    73%

    31 He who oppresses the poor shows contempt for his Maker, but he who is kind to the needy honors him.

  • Prov 28:15-16
    2 verses
    72%

    15 As a roaring lion or a charging bear, so is a wicked ruler over helpless people.

    16 A tyrannical ruler lacks judgment. One who hates ill-gotten gain will have long days.

  • Prov 28:3
    72%

    3 A needy man who oppresses the poor is like a driving rain which leaves no crops.

  • Prov 28:11
    72%

    11 The rich man is wise in his own eyes; but the poor who has understanding sees through him.

  • Prov 10:15
    72%

    15 The rich man's wealth is his strong city. The destruction of the poor is their poverty.

  • Lam 5:8
    72%

    8 Servants rule over us: There is none to deliver us out of their hand.

  • Prov 12:24
    71%

    24 The hands of the diligent ones shall rule, but laziness ends in slave labor.

  • Prov 28:6
    71%

    6 Better is the poor who walks in his integrity, than he who is perverse in his ways, and he is rich.

  • Prov 29:21
    71%

    21 He who pampers his servant from youth will have him become a son in the end.

  • Prov 17:2
    71%

    2 A servant who deals wisely will rule over a son who causes shame, and shall have a part in the inheritance among the brothers.

  • Deut 28:12
    71%

    12 Yahweh will open to you his good treasure in the sky, to give the rain of your land in its season, and to bless all the work of your hand: and you shall lend to many nations, and you shall not borrow.

  • Prov 22:26-27
    2 verses
    71%

    26 Don't you be one of those who strike hands, of those who are collateral for debts.

    27 If you don't have means to pay, why should he take away your bed from under you?

  • Prov 28:22
    70%

    22 A stingy man hurries after riches, and doesn't know that poverty waits for him.

  • Matt 24:47
    70%

    47 Most certainly I tell you that he will set him over all that he has.

  • Isa 3:5-6
    2 verses
    70%

    5 The people will be oppressed, everyone by another, and everyone by his neighbor. The child will behave himself proudly against the old man, and the base against the honorable.

    6 Indeed a man shall take hold of his brother in the house of his father, saying, "You have clothing, you be our ruler, and let this ruin be under your hand."

  • Prov 14:20
    70%

    20 The poor person is shunned even by his own neighbor, but the rich person has many friends.

  • Prov 10:4
    70%

    4 He becomes poor who works with a lazy hand, but the hand of the diligent brings wealth.

  • Prov 10:22
    70%

    22 Yahweh's blessing brings wealth, and he adds no trouble to it.

  • Ps 37:26
    70%

    26 All day long he deals graciously, and lends. His seed is blessed.

  • Eccl 10:7
    69%

    7 I have seen servants on horses, and princes walking like servants on the earth.

  • Ps 41:1
    69%

    1 Blessed is he who considers the poor. Yahweh will deliver him in the day of evil.

  • Prov 13:22-23
    2 verses
    69%

    22 A good man leaves an inheritance to his children's children, but the wealth of the sinner is stored for the righteous.

    23 An abundance of food is in poor people's fields, but injustice sweeps it away.

  • Lev 25:43
    69%

    43 You shall not rule over him with harshness, but shall fear your God.

  • Lev 25:53
    69%

    53 As a servant hired year by year shall he be with him: he shall not rule with harshness over him in your sight.

  • Lev 25:37
    69%

    37 You shall not lend him your money at interest, nor give him your food for profit.

  • Prov 28:27
    69%

    27 One who gives to the poor has no lack; but one who closes his eyes will have many curses.

  • Deut 24:12
    69%

    12 If he be a poor man, you shall not sleep with his pledge;

  • Eccl 5:13
    69%

    13 There is a grievous evil which I have seen under the sun: wealth kept by its owner to his harm.

  • Prov 22:22
    69%

    22 Don't exploit the poor, because he is poor; and don't crush the needy in court;