Proverbs 22:7

Old Testament • 6 words with Strong's data

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

Word-by-Word Analysis

The

עָשִׁיר

ʻâshîyr

H6223

rich, whether literal or figurative (noble)

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מָשַׁל

mâshal

H4910

to rule

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over the

עָנִי

ʻânîy

H6041

depressed, in mind or circumstances

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and the

לָוָה

lâvâh

H3867

properly, to twine, i.e. (by implication) to unite, to remain; also to borrow (as a form of obligation) or (caus.) to lend

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is

עֶבֶד

ʻebed

H5650

a servant

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to the

δανειστής

daneistḗs

G1157

a lender

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Key Terms in This Verse

borrower H3867

לָוָה lâvâh

properly, to twine, i.e. (by implication) to unite, to remain; also to borrow (as a form of obligation) or (caus.) to lend

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lender G1157

δανειστής daneistḗs

a lender

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ruleth H4910

מָשַׁל mâshal

to rule

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rich H6223

עָשִׁיר ʻâshîyr

rich, whether literal or figurative (noble)

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poor H6041

עָנִי ʻânîy

depressed, in mind or circumstances

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servant H5650

עֶבֶד ʻebed

a servant

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Cross References

2 Kings 4:1 cross-reference

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 c...

Proverbs 22:16 cross-reference

He that oppresseth the poor to increase his riches, and he that giveth to the rich, shall surely come to want.

Matthew 18:25 cross-reference

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 14:31 cross-reference

He that oppresseth the poor reproacheth his Maker: but he that honoureth him hath mercy on the poor.

Proverbs 18:23 cross-reference

The poor useth intreaties; but the rich answereth roughly.

Proverbs 22:22 cross-reference

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

James 2:6 cross-reference

But ye have despised the poor. Do not rich men oppress you, and draw you before the judgment seats?

James 5:1 cross-reference

Go to now, ye rich men, weep and howl for your miseries that shall come upon you.

Amos 8:6 cross-reference

That we may buy the poor for silver, and the needy for a pair of shoes; yea, and sell the refuse of the wheat?

Amos 4:1 cross-reference

Hear 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.

Amos 8:4 cross-reference

Hear this, O ye that swallow up the needy, even to make the poor of the land to fail,

Isaiah 24:2 cross-reference

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 ...

James 5:4 cross-reference

Behold, 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...

Amos 2:6 cross-reference

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;

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