Proverbs 22:7 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

Bible Comments

v. 7. The rich ruleth over the poor, his wealth giving him a large measure of power, especially if the poor are dependent upon him for loans, and the borrower is servant to the lender, for indebtedness is bound to interfere with the feeling, if not with the fact, of freedom.

Proverbs 22:7

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