Proverbs 22:7

Proverbs Of Solomon

⁶ Train up the child according to the tenor of his way, and when he is old he will not depart from it. ⁷ The rich ruleth over the poor; and the borrower is servant to the lender. ⁸ He that soweth unrighteousness shall reap iniquity, and the rod of his wrath shall have an end.

Rule Over

James 2:6

But ye have despised the poor man. Do not the rich oppress you, and do not they drag you before the tribunals?

Proverbs 18:23

He that is poor speaketh with supplications, but the rich answereth roughly.

2 Kings 4:1

And a woman of the wives of the sons of the prophets cried to Elisha saying, Thy servant my husband is dead, and thou knowest that thy servant feared Jehovah; and the creditor is come to take my two children to be bondmen.

Nehemiah 5:4-5

And there were that said, We have borrowed money for the king's tribute upon our fields and vineyards;

Proverbs 14:31

He that oppresseth the poor reproacheth his Maker; but he that honoureth Him is gracious to the needy.

Proverbs 22:16

He that oppresseth the poor, it is to enrich him; he that giveth to the rich, bringeth only to want.

Proverbs 22:22

Rob not the poor, because he is poor, neither oppress the afflicted in the gate;

Isaiah 24:2

And 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 him from whom usury is taken.

Amos 2:6

Thus saith Jehovah: For three transgressions of Israel, and for four, I will not revoke its sentence; because they have sold the righteous for silver, and the needy for a pair of shoes;

Amos 4:1

Hear this word, ye kine of Bashan, that are in the mountain of Samaria, that oppress the poor, that crush the needy, that say to their lords, Bring, and let us drink:

Amos 5:11-12

Forasmuch, therefore, as ye trample upon the poor, and take from him presents of wheat: ye have built houses of hewn stone, but ye shall not dwell in them; ye have planted pleasant vineyards, and ye shall not drink the wine of them.

Amos 8:4

Hear this, ye that pant after the needy, even to cause to fail the poor of the land,

Amos 8:6

that we may buy the poor for silver, and the needy for a pair of shoes; and that we may sell the refuse of the wheat.

Matthew 18:25

But he not having anything to pay, his lord commanded him to be sold, and his wife, and his children, and everything that he had, and that payment should be made.

James 5:1

Go to now, ye rich, weep, howling over your miseries that are coming upon you.

James 5:4

Behold, the wages of your labourers, who have harvested your fields, wrongfully kept back by you, cry, and the cries of those that have reaped are entered into the ears of the Lord of sabaoth.