7The rich rule over the poor. The borrower is servant to the lender.


In Context

4 The result of humility and the fear of Yahweh is wealth, honor, and life.

5 Thorns and snares are in the path of the wicked: whoever guards his soul stays from them.

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

7 The rich rule over the poor. The borrower is servant to the lender.

8 He who sows wickedness reaps trouble, and the rod of his fury will be destroyed.

9 He who has a generous eye will be blessed; for he shares his food with the poor.

Proverbs 22:7 in Other Translations

The King James Version of the Holy Bible

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

The New International Version of the Holy Bible

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

The Douay-Rheims Version of the Holy Bible

22:7The rich ruleth over the poor: and the borrower is servant to him that lendeth.

The American Standard Version of the Holy Bible

22:7The rich ruleth over the poor; And the borrower is servant to the lender.

The Darby Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

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

The English Revised Version of the Holy Bible

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

The Webster Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

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

The Young's Literal Translation of the Holy Bible

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

The American King James Version of the Holy Bible

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