The rich rule over the poor, and the borrower is slave to the lender.
Cross References
James 2:6But you have dishonored the poor. Is it not the rich who oppress you and drag you into court?
Proverbs 18:23The poor man pleads for mercy, but the rich man answers harshly.
Treasury of Scripture
The rich rules over the poor, and the borrower is servant to the lender.
rich
Proverbs 22:16,22
He that oppresseth the poor to increase his riches, and he that giveth to the rich, shall surely come to want…
Proverbs 14:31
He that oppresseth the poor reproacheth his Maker: but he that honoureth him hath mercy on the poor.
Proverbs 18:23
The poor useth intreaties; but the rich answereth roughly.
the borrower
2 Kings 4:1
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 come to take unto him my two sons to be bondmen.
Nehemiah 5:4,5
There were also that said, We have borrowed money for the king's tribute, and that upon our lands and vineyards…
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 the giver of usury to him.
lender
