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Proverbs 22:7

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

Proverbs 22:7 · King James Version

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BSB Berean Standard Bible

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

WEB World English Bible

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

NHEB New Heart English Bible

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

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4 By humility and the fear of the LORD are riches, and honour, and life.

5 Thorns and snares are in the way of the froward: he that doth keep his soul shall be far 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 ruleth over the poor, and the borrower is servant to the lender.

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

9 He that hath a bountiful eye shall be blessed; for he giveth of his bread to the poor.

10 Cast out the scorner, and contention shall go out; yea, strife and reproach shall cease.

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