Proverbs 22:2 KJV
The rich and poor meet together: the Lord is the maker of them all.
Proverbs 22:2, King James Version
In context
1 A good name is rather to be chosen than great riches, and loving favour rather than silver and gold.
2 The rich and poor meet together: the Lord is the maker of them all.
3 A prudent man foreseeth the evil, and hideth himself: but the simple pass on, and are punished.
Cross-references
- Job 31:15 Did not he that made me in the womb make him? and did not one fashion us in the womb?
- 1 Samuel 2:7 The Lord maketh poor, and maketh rich: he bringeth low, and lifteth up.
- Proverbs 14:31 He that oppresseth the poor reproacheth his Maker: but he that honoureth him hath mercy on the poor.
- Proverbs 29:13 The poor and the deceitful man meet together: the Lord lighteneth both their eyes.
- Job 34:19 How much less to him that accepteth not the persons of princes, nor regardeth the rich more than the poor? for they all are the work of his hands.