7 The rich rule over the poor, and the borrower is slave to the lender.
Focused Passage
Proverbs 22:7
A Good Name, Humility, Training, Justice for the Poor, and the Words of the Wise
The chapter moves from reputation and humility, to training and generosity, to discipline and oppression, then into a formal instruction section that calls the learner to receive the words of the wise, protect the poor, avoid anger-shaped companionship, reject rash financial pledges, honor inherited boundaries, and pursue skilled work.
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Verse 7
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The rich עָ֭שִׁיר H6223 Adjective - masculine singular rule יִמְשׁ֑וֹל H4910 Verb - Qal - Imperfect - third person masculine singular over the poor בְּרָשִׁ֣ים H7326 Preposition-b | Verb - Qal - Participle - masculine plural and the borrower לֹ֝וֶ֗ה H3867 Verb - Qal - Participle - masculine singular . . . לְאִ֣ישׁ H376 Preposition-l | Noun - masculine singular is slave וְעֶ֥בֶד H5650 Conjunctive waw | Noun - masculine singular to the lender מַלְוֶֽה׃ H3867 Verb - Hifil - Participle - masculine singular