Proverbs 22:7 KJV — MannaFest

Proverbs 22:7

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

KJV

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DBT

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

ASV

The rich ruleth over the poor; And the borrower is servant to the lender.

WEB

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

YLT

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

About this book

Old Testament

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Proverbs — Gnomic wisdom — sayings, instructions, and the binary of wisdom vs. folly. Fear of the LORD as the integrative theme; the virtuous woman of Prov 31 as the book's closing portrait of wisdom embodied.

Author: Solomon principally (1:1; chs 10–22:16 and 25–29 explicitly); Agur (ch 30); Lemuel's mother (ch 31:1–9); editorial compilation by Hezekiah's men (25:1).
Date: Solomon's reign c. 970–930 BC; Hezekiah's editorial layer c. 715–687 BC.

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19 verses on the floor

Deuteronomy 28:12
The 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.
2 Kings 4:1
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.
Matthew 18:25
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.
Proverbs 22:16
He that oppresseth the poor to increase his riches, and he that giveth to the rich, shall surely come to want.
Psalms 37:21
The wicked borroweth, and payeth not again: but the righteous sheweth mercy, and giveth.

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Cross-references: OpenBible.info (CC-BY), based on the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

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