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Read Full Chapter (Proverbs 22) Proverbs 22:7 KJV
"The rich ruleth over the poor, and the borrower is servant to the lender."
Proverbs 22:7 in Context (Verses 4–10 KJV)
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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.**
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The rich ruleth over the poor, and the borrower is servant to the lender.*
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He that soweth iniquity shall reap vanity: and the rod of his anger shall fail.*
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He that hath a bountiful eye shall be blessed; for he giveth of his bread to the poor.*
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Cast out the scorner, and contention shall go out; yea, strife and reproach shall cease.