Proverbs 22:7 Cross References - Rotherham

⁷ The rich, over the poor, beareth rule,––and, slave, is the borrower to the lender.

¹ Now, a certain woman of the wives of the sons of the prophets, made outcry unto Elisha, saying––Thy servant, my husband, is dead, and, thou, knowest that, thy servant, was one who revered Yahweh,––now, the creditor, hath come to take my two boys to himself as bondmen.

⁴ And there were others who were saying, We have borrowed silver, for the king’s tribute,––[upon] our lands and our vineyards. ⁵ Now, therefore, as is the flesh of our brethren, so is our flesh, as are their children, so are our children. Yet lo! we are putting in subjection our sons and our daughters, for bondservants, yea there are some of our daughters already trodden down, and we are powerless, and, our fields and our vineyards, belong to others.

³¹ The oppressor of the poor, hath reproached his Maker, but he that sheweth favour to the needy, is one who, holdeth Him in honour.

²³ Supplications, doth the poor man utter, but, the rich, answereth fiercely.

¹⁶ He that oppresseth the poor, to make increase for himself, giving to the rich, shall surely come to want.

²² Do not rob the poor, because he is poor, neither crush thou the oppressed in the gate;

² And it shall be––As the people, so, the priest, As the servant, so, his lord, As the maid, so, her mistress,––As the buyer, so, the seller, As the lender, so, the borrower, As the debtor, so! his creditor.

⁶ Thus, saith Yahweh, Because of three transgressions of Israel, and because of four, will I not turn it back,––Because they have sold––for silver––the righteous, and the needy––for a pair of shoes:

¹ Hear ye this word, ye heifers of Bashan, that are in the mountain of Samaria, who oppress the poor, who crush the needy,––who say to their lords, Bring in, and let us drink!

¹¹ Therefore––because ye have trampled on the poor, and, the gift of corn, ye would take away from him, though, houses of hewn stone, ye have built, Yet shall ye not dwell in them,––Though, delightful vineyards, ye have planted, Yet shall ye not drink the wine of them. ¹² For I know how numerous are your transgressions, and how surpassing your sins,––ye adversaries of the righteous! ye acceptors of a bribe! Even the needy in the gate, have they turned away!

⁴ Hear this, ye who pant after the needy, and to make an end of the oppressed of the land:

⁶ Who buy––for silver––the poor, and the needy for a pair of shoes,––and that the refuse of the grain we may sell.

²⁵ and, he, not having, wherewith to pay, the master ordered him to be sold, and the wife, and the children, and whatsoever he had,––and payment to be made.

⁶ Whereas, ye, have dishonoured the destitute man! Do not, the rich, oppress you? and, themselves, drag you into courts of justice?

¹ Come now! ye wealthy! Weep ye, howling, for your hardships which are coming upon you:

⁴ Lo, the wage of the workers who have out down your fields––that which hath been kept back, by you, is crying out; and, the outcries of them who reaped, into the ears of the Lord of hosts, have entered: