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Proverbs 22:5-7
New Catholic Bible
Proverbs 22:5-7
New Catholic Bible
5 Thorns and snares cover the path of the perverse;
whoever values his life will steer clear of them.
6 Train a child in the way he should go,
and he will not deviate from it, even in old age.
7 The wealthy man lords it over the poor,[a]
and the borrower becomes the slave of the lender.
Footnotes
- Proverbs 22:7 The wealthy man lords it over the poor: see note on Prov 10:15.