Proverbs 22:7

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 capitalist often exercises an iron control over his workmen, as if they were so many soulless machines for producing wealth for himself. AND THE BORROWER (IS) SERVANT TO THE LENDER. 'Sell not your liberty to gratify your luxury' (Henry). Avoid needless borrowing, by honourable and independent industry....

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_....

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 the Hebrew, which is simply שֵׁם (_shem_)_, _"name." But this word carried with it the notion of good repute, as in Ecclesiastes 7:1; for being well known implied honour and reputation, while being nameless (Job 30:8) signified not only obscurity, but ignominy and discredit. Hence the versions have ὄνομα καλόν_, nomen bonum, _and Ecclesiasticus 41:12, "Have regard to thy name (περὶ ὀνόματος)_, _for that shall continue with thee above a thousan

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 well, in a lawful, gentle, and righteous manner, it is commendable; AND THE BORROWER [IS] SERVANT TO THE LENDER; being under obligation to him, he is forced to be subject to him, and comply with his humours, and do and say as he would have him; it was a happiness promised to the Israelites, that they should lend to many nations, but not borrow, Deuteronomy 15:6; compare with this Ne 5:4....

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 honorable than the poor man who has a name and good reputation. In Ecclesiastes, Solomon says: “A good name is better than precious ointment” Ecclesiastes 7:11). The third verse has a wise message: “The prudent man foreseeth the evil and hideth himself, but the simple pass on, and suffer for it.” The Lord has revealed in His Word the evil which is in store for the sinner and the impenitent. He also has prepared a hiding place, an ark of safety, in His Son, our Lord. The prudent believeth the Word and flees to the refuge; the simple, the unbelieving, pass on and suffer for it when the evil comes. Humility and the fear of the Lord has a reward, while thorns and snares are in the way of the

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 stress is on the effect of training. Proverbs 22:11. RV hides disorder of MT. Read, probably, The king loves the pure in heart, grace of lips is his good pleasure. Proverbs 22:12 a is difficult. RV will not pass. The lit. Heb. is the eyes of Yahweh guard knowledge. The abstract knowledge in Heb. cannot mean its possessors; the eyes of Yahweh are nowhere said to guard anybody, and no Hebrew would say that the eyes of Yahweh guard knowledge in the sense of possessing it, nor does it give any

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 of them all, 3. A prudent man seeth the evil, and hideth himself; But the simple pass on, and suffer for it. 4. The reward of humility and the fear of Jeohavh Is riches, and honor, and life. 5. Thorns and stars are in the way of the perverse: He that keepeth his soul shall be far from them. 6. Train up a child in the way he should go, And even when he is old he will not depart from it. 7. The rich ruleth over the poor; And the borrower is servant to the lender. 8. He that soweth iniquity shall reap calamity; And the rod of his wrath shall fai

22:7 poor; (a-6) _ Roosh_ , or 'destitute,' 'indigent.' as ch. 28.3....