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

Proverbs 22:7

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Matthew Henry

(vv. 7)

He had said (Prov. 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 the poor , and too often more than becomes t...

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