Proverbs 22:2 - Revised Version with Apocrypha 1895

² The rich and the 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 respecteth 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 hath mercy on the needy honoureth him.

Proverbs 29:13

The poor man and the oppressor meet together: The LORD lighteneth the eyes of them both.

1 Corinthians 12:21

And the eye cannot say to the hand, I have no need of thee: or 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, he also lifteth up.