Servant. He might be sold, &c., Exodus xxii. 3., and Matthew xviii. 25. (Gell. xx. 1.) Plato (Leg. viii.) would have nothing sold on credit. These laws appear to be severe; but they are founded on wisdom, as nothing impoverishes more than the facility of borrowing.
Verse Proverbs 22:7. _THE RICH RULETH OVER THE POOR_] So it is in the order of God, and may be a blessing to _both_....
CHAPTER 22 INSTRUCTIONS CONTINUED Better than great riches, better than silver and gold is a name and loving favor. If a person has riches and a bad name and is not well thought of, he is less honorab...
PROVERBS 22:6. IN THE WAY HE SHOULD GO puts more into the Heb. than it contains. It is lit. train up a child in proportion to his way_ i.e._ train him suitably. The moral implication is absent. The st...
THE RICH. a rich one. THE POOR. poor ones. IS SERVANT, &C. Illustrations: the widow (2 Kings 4:1); the Jews (Nehemiah 5:3; Nehemiah 5:5)....
_servant_ not necessarily by being sold to him as a slave (Leviticus 25:30. Comp. Jeremiah 34:13; Jeremiah 34:17); but more generally as being compelled to do his bidding....
CHAPTER 22 TEXT Proverbs 22:1-10 1. A good name is rather to be chosen than great riches, And loving favor rather than silver and gold, 2. The rich and poor meet together: Jehovah is the maker o...
The rich ruleth over the poor, and the borrower is servant to the lender. THE RICH RULETH OVER THE POOR. Let it be the rule of order, exercised in kindness; not of pride and oppression (). The cap...
22:7 poor; (a-6) _ Roosh_ , or 'destitute,' 'indigent.' as ch. 28.3....
1. To be regarded with favour is better than silver and gold. This v. is inscribed in large letters on the walls of Manchester Exchange. Rabbi Simeon used to say: 'There are only three crowns; the cro...
LESSONS ABOUT WISDOM PROVERBS _KEITH SIMONS_ CHAPTER 22 V1 It is better to be a responsible person than to have great wealth. It is better that people trust you than for you to receive silver and...
Solomon collected 3000 wise lessons (proverbs) (1 Kings 4:32). This section contains over 400 proverbs (Proverbs 10:22). Here, Solomon is almost at the end of his list. As he finishes his work, he rep...
עָ֭שִׁיר בְּ רָשִׁ֣ים יִמְשֹׁ֑ול וְ עֶ֥בֶד ל֝
CHANNEL 23 THE TREATMENT OF THE POOR "The rich and the needy meet together; The Lord is the maker of them all."- Proverbs 22:2 "He that hath a bountiful eye shall be blessed, for he giveth of his b...
“HE THAT LOVETH PURENESS OF HEART” Proverbs 22:1-16 Great riches are not always a great blessing. When they are held in trust for God, they afford the opportunity of giving a vast amount of happiness...
Verse Proverbs 22:2. The question that naturally arises on reading this is, Where do they meet together? This proverb is often used as having reference to the sanctuary or house of prayer; but a very...
A prudent man foreseeth the evil, and hideth himself: but the simple pass on, and are punished. By humility and the fear of the LORD are riches, and honour, and life. Thorns and snares are in the way...
THE FOLLOWING COMMENTARY COVERS CHAPTER S 10 THROUGH 31. In chapter 10 begin the details which teach those who give ear how to avoid the snares into which the simple might fall, the path to be followe...
THE RICH RULETH OVER THE POOR,.... Usurps a dominion over them, and exercises it in a rigorous, oppressive, and tyrannical manner; otherwise they are generally the rich that rule, and if they rule wel...
The rich ruleth over the poor, and the borrower [is] servant to the lender. Ver. 7. _The rich ruleth over the poor._] And that with rigour, as Pharaoh did over Israel, as those imperious mammonists i...
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 indebtednes...
TO THE LENDER: _ Heb._ to the man that lendeth...
RULETH OVER THE POOR, to wit, with rigour and tyranny, taking advantage of his necessities. IS SERVANT TO THE LENDER; is at his mercy, and therefore forced to comply with his pleasure. The design of t...
Proverbs 22:7 rich H6223 rules H4910 (H8799) poor H7326 (H8802) borrower H3867 (H8801) servant H5650 lender...
Proverbs 22:7 Consider the reasons of this alleged superiority, why it should be "more blessed to give than to receive," why "the rich ruleth over the poor, and the borrower is servant to the lender....
CONTENTS: Warnings and instructions. CHARACTERS: God, Solomon. CONCLUSION: Those who walk humbly with God in obedience to the commands of His Word and in submission to the disposals of His providenc...
Proverbs 22:1. _A good name is rather to be chosen than great riches._ When a man lives revered for his piety, it is better than to be feared for his power. Proverbs 22:2. _The rich and the poor meet...
_The rich ruleth over the poor, and the borrower is servant to the lender._ THE BORROWER SERVANT TO THE LENDER The mere circumstance of being rich gives one man superiority over another who is poor....
PROVERBS—NOTE ON PROVERBS 22:7 THE RICH... LENDER who rules the POOR... BORROWER is seen in contrast to the BOUNTIFUL person who SHARES with th
_MAIN HOMILETICS OF Proverbs 22:7_ AN ANALOGY AFFIRMED AND A CONTRAST SUGGESTED I. THE CONTRAST BETWEEN THE POOR MAN AND THE BORROWER. The proverb at least _suggests_ that the poor man and the borro...
EXPOSITION PROVERBS 22:1 A GOOD NAME IS RATHER TO BE CHOSEN THAN GREAT RICHES. It will be observed that "good" in the Authorized Version is in italics, showing that the epithet is not expressed in th...
A good name is rather to be chosen than great riches, and loving favor rather than silver and gold (Proverbs 22:1). The good name, so important, so valuable. Good reputation, so important. "Rather to...
2 Kings 4:1; Amos 2:6; Amos 4:1; Amos 5:11; Amos 5:12;...
Is servant — Is at his mercy, and forced to comply with his pleasure....