Proverbs 22:7

7. The rich ruleth over the poor This proverb, also, states a general fact in forcible language. Riches give influence, power, dominion over those who are without wealth; and the man who borrows, or otherwise goes in debt, loses, in some sense, his liberty by the obligation which he is under to his creditor.

Servant עבד , ( ‘ hebhedh,) is the word commonly used for bondman, (slave,) though not confined to that sense.