Proverbs 22:7

Proverbs Of Solomon

⁶ Give instruction to a youth about his way, Even when he is old he turneth not from it. ⁷ The rich over the poor ruleth, And a servant is the borrower to the lender. ⁸ Whoso is sowing perverseness reapeth sorrow, And the rod of his anger weareth out.

Rule Over

James 2:6

and ye did dishonour the poor one; do not the rich oppress you and themselves draw you to judgment-seats;

Proverbs 18:23

With supplications doth the poor speak, And the rich answereth fierce things.

2 Kings 4:1

And a certain woman of the wives of the sons of the prophets hath cried unto Elisha, saying, 'Thy servant, my husband, is dead, and thou hast known that thy servant was fearing Jehovah, and the lender hath come to take my two children to him for servants.'

Nehemiah 5:4-5

And there are who are saying, 'We have borrowed money for the tribute of the king, on our fields, and our vineyards;

Proverbs 14:31

An oppressor of the poor reproacheth his Maker, And whoso is honouring Him Is favouring the needy.

Proverbs 22:16

He is oppressing the poor to multiply to him, He is giving to the rich -- only to want.

Proverbs 22:22

Rob not the poor because he is poor, And bruise not the afflicted in the gate.

Isaiah 24:2

And it hath been -- as a people so a priest, As the servant so his master, As the maid-servant so her mistress, As the buyer so the seller, As the lender so the borrower, As the usurer so he who is lifting it on himself.

Amos 2:6

Thus said Jehovah: For three transgressions of Israel, And for four, I do not reverse it, Because of their selling for silver the righteous, And the needy for a pair of sandals.

Amos 4:1

Hear this word, ye kine of Bashan, Who are in the mountain of Samaria, Who are oppressing the poor, Who are bruising the needy, Who are saying to their lords: 'Bring in, and we do drink.'

Amos 5:11-12

Therefore, because of your trampling on the poor, And the tribute of corn ye take from him, Houses of hewn work ye have built, And ye do not dwell in them, Desirable vineyards ye have planted, And ye do not drink their wine.

Amos 8:4

Hear this, ye who are swallowing up the needy, To cause to cease the poor of the land,

Amos 8:6

To purchase with money the poor, And the needy for a pair of sandals, Yea, the refuse of the pure corn we sell.

Matthew 18:25

and he having nothing to pay, his lord did command him to be sold, and his wife, and the children, and all, whatever he had, and payment to be made.

James 5:1

Go, now, ye rich! weep, howling over your miseries that are coming upon you;

James 5:4

lo, the reward of the workmen, of those who in-gathered your fields, which hath been fraudulently kept back by you -- doth cry out, and the exclamations of those who did reap into the ears of the Lord of Sabaoth have entered;