The rich rules over the poor, and the borrower is servant to the lender.
All Commentaries on Proverbs 22:7 Go To Proverbs 22
George Leo Haydock
AD 1849
Servant. He might be sold, 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.
