Proverbs 22:2 - The Scriptures 1998

² The rich and the poor meet together – יהוה  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.

Proverbs 22:2 Cross References

Job 31:15

Did not He who made me in the womb make him? And did not One fashion us in the womb?

Job 34:19

who is not partial to princes, nor regards the rich more than the poor? For they are all the work of His hands.

Proverbs 14:31

He who oppresses the poor reproaches his Maker, But he who esteems Him shows favour to the needy.

Proverbs 29:13

The poor man and the oppressor have this in common: יהוה  gives light to the eyes of both.

1 Corinthians 12:21

And an eye is unable to say to the hand, “I have no need of you,” or again the head to the feet, “I have no need of you.”

1 Samuel 2:7

“יהוה  makes poor and makes rich, He brings low and lifts up.