Proverbs 22:7-9

Easy-to-Read Version

⁷The rich rule over the poor. The one who borrows is a slave to the one who lends.

⁸Those who spread trouble will harvest trouble. In the end, they will be destroyed for the trouble they caused.

⁹Generous people will be blessed, because they share their food with the poor.

Proverbs 22:7-9

New International Version

⁷The rich rule over the poor,
and the borrower is slave to the lender.

⁸Whoever sows injustice reaps calamity,^(A)
and the rod they wield in fury will be broken.^(B)

⁹The generous will themselves be blessed,^(C)
for they share their food with the poor.^(D)

Easy-to-Read Version (ERV)

New International Version (NIV)