7The 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 richעָ֭שִׁירH6223Adjective - masculine singularruleיִמְשׁ֑וֹלH4910Verb - Qal - Imperfect - third person masculine singularover the poorבְּרָשִׁ֣יםH7326Preposition-b | Verb - Qal - Participle - masculine pluraland the borrowerלֹ֝וֶ֗הH3867Verb - Qal - Participle - masculine singular. . .לְאִ֣ישׁH376Preposition-l | Noun - masculine singularis slaveוְעֶ֥בֶדH5650Conjunctive waw | Noun - masculine singularto the lenderמַלְוֶֽה׃H3867Verb - Hifil - Participle - masculine singular