Proverbs 22:2 - King James Version with Apocrypha - American Edition

² The rich and poor meet together: the Lord is the maker of them all.

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

² The rich and poor meet together: The LORD is the maker of them all.

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

² The rich and poor meet together; the Lord is the Maker of them all. [Job 31:15; Prov. 14:31.]

American Standard Version (1901)

² The rich and the poor meet together: Jehovah is the maker of them all.

Common English Bible

² The rich and the poor have this in common: the LORD made them both.

Catholic Public Domain Version

² The rich and poor have met one another. The Lord is the maker of them both.

Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version

² The rich and poor have met one another: the Lord is the maker of them both.

Proverbs 22:2 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?

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.

Proverbs 14:31

He that oppresseth the poor reproacheth his Maker: but he that honoreth him hath mercy on the poor.

Proverbs 29:13

The poor and the deceitful man meet together: the Lord lighteneth both their eyes.

1 Corinthians 12:21

And the eye cannot say unto the hand, I have no need of thee: nor again the head to the feet, I have no need of you.

1 Samuel 2:7

The Lord maketh poor, and maketh rich: he bringeth low, and lifteth up.