Proverbs 22:7

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Summary

Proverbs 22:7

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

Rich

The borrower

Bible References

Rich

Whoever oppresses the poor to enrich himself and whoever gives gifts to the wealthy will yield only loss.

Whoever oppresses the poor defies their Creator, but whoever is kind to the needy honors them.

The poor person pleads for mercy, but the wealthy man responds harshly.

This is what the LORD says: "For three transgressions of Israel and now for a fourth I will not turn away; because they sold the righteous for money, and the poor for sandals,

"Listen to this message, you fat cows from Bashan, who live on the Samaritan mountains, who oppress the poor, who rob the needy, and who constantly ask your husbands for one more drink!"

"Therefore, since you trample the poor continuously, taxing his grain, building houses of stone in which you won't live and planting fine vineyards from which you won't drink

"Hear this, you who are swallowing up the needy, who intend to make the poor of the land fail,

But you have humiliated the man who is poor. Are not rich people the ones who oppress you and drag you into court?

Now listen, you rich people! Cry and moan over the miseries that are overtaking you.

The borrower

Now there happened to be a certain woman who had been the wife of a member of the Guild of Prophets. She cried out to Elisha, "My husband who served you has died, and you know that your servant feared the LORD. But a creditor has come to take away my children into indentured servitude!"

Still others were saying "We've borrowed money against our fields and vineyards to pay the king's taxes.

It will be the same for the lay people as for priests, the same for servants as for their masters, for female servants as for their mistresses, for buyers as for sellers, for lenders as for borrowers, and for creditors as for debtors.

Because he couldn't pay, his master ordered him, his wife, his children, and everything that he owned to be sold so that payment could be made.