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Proverbs 22:7

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The rich ruleth over the poor, and the borrower is servant to the lender.
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  1. 2 Kings 4:1Rank 1 from verse 7
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    1NOW 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.

  2. Matthew 18:25Rank 2 from verse 7
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    25But 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.

  3. Proverbs 22:16Rank 3 from verse 7
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    16He that oppresseth the poor to increase his riches, and he that giveth to the rich, shall surely come to want.

  4. Proverbs 14:31Rank 4 from verse 7
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    31He that oppresseth the poor reproacheth his Maker: but he that honoureth him hath mercy on the poor.

  5. Proverbs 18:23Rank 5 from verse 7
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    23The poor useth intreaties; but the rich answereth roughly.

  6. James 2:6Rank 6 from verse 7
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    6But ye have despised the poor. Do not rich men oppress you, and draw you before the judgment seats?

  7. Proverbs 22:22Rank 7 from verse 7
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    22Rob not the poor, because he is poor: neither oppress the afflicted in the gate:

  8. James 5:1Rank 8 from verse 7
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    1GO to now, ye rich men, weep and howl for your miseries that shall come upon you.

  9. Amos 5:11–12Rank 9 from verse 7
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    11Forasmuch 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.

    12For 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.

  10. Nehemiah 5:4–5Rank 10 from verse 7
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    4There were also that said, We have borrowed money for the king’s tribute, and that upon our lands and vineyards.

    5Yet 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.

  11. Amos 4:1Rank 11 from verse 7
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    1HEAR 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.

  12. Amos 8:4Rank 12 from verse 7
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    4¶ Hear this, O ye that swallow up the needy, even to make the poor of the land to fail,

  13. Amos 8:6Rank 13 from verse 7
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    6That we may buy the poor for silver, and the needy for a pair of shoes; yea, and sell the refuse of the wheat?

  14. Isaiah 24:2Rank 14 from verse 7
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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.

  15. Amos 2:6Rank 15 from verse 7
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    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;

  16. James 5:4Rank 16 from verse 7
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    4Behold, 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.

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Proverbs 22:7

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rich

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Possessing abundance, wealth, resources, value, fruitfulness, or fullness.

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borrower

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One who receives something for temporary use with an obligation to return it or its equivalent.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references · Webster 1828

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servant

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One who serves another; a worker, attendant, subject, bondservant, or appointed minister.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references

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

22:7The rich ruleth over the poor, and the borrower is servant to the lender.

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

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