"The rich rules over the poor, And the borrower becomes the lender's slave." (Proverbs 22:7).
Poverty makes people dependent on others. The poor and borrowers become subservient to the rich. The verse may be referring to the apparently common practice of Israelites selling themselves into slavery to pay off debts (see Exod 2:21:2-7). It is not appreciably different from modern debtor who is working to pay off bills. {ZONDERVAN NIV BIBLE COMMENTARY Volume 1: Old Testament}.
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JESUS IS LORD.
Poverty makes people dependent on others. The poor and borrowers become subservient to the rich. The verse may be referring to the apparently common practice of Israelites selling themselves into slavery to pay off debts (see Exod 2:21:2-7). It is not appreciably different from modern debtor who is working to pay off bills. {ZONDERVAN NIV BIBLE COMMENTARY Volume 1: Old Testament}.
[http://twitter.com/SowersOfTheWord].
JESUS IS LORD.
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