Proverbs 22:7 (BSB)

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

From Proverbs 22. Also in the ESV.

Commentary on Proverbs 22:7

• Matthew Henry (Presbyterian), Matthew Henry's Complete Commentary on Proverbs 22:7: He had said (Pro 22:2.), Rich and poor meet together; but here he finds, here he shows, that, as to the things of this life, there is a great difference; for, 1. Those that have little will be in subjection to those that have much, because they have dependence upon them, they have received, and expect to receive, support from them: The rich rule over...
• John Gill (Reformed Baptist), Exposition of the Old and New Testaments on Proverbs 22:7: 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...
• Jamieson-Fausset-Brown (Reformed), Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible on Proverbs 22:7: The influence of wealth sets aside moral distinctions is implied, and, of course, disapproved (compare Pro 19:6; Pro 21:14, &c.).
• Keil & Delitzsch (Lutheran), Biblical Commentary on the Old Testament on Proverbs 22:7: Pro 22:7 7 A rich man will rule over the poor, And the borrower is subject to the man who lends. “This is the course of the world. As regards the sing. and plur. in 7a, there are many poor for one rich; and in the Orient the rule is generally in the hands of one” (Hitzig). The fut.