Proverbs 22:2

A Conservative Version

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

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Did not he who made me in the womb make him? And did not one fashion us in the womb?

He who oppresses a poor man reproaches his maker, but he who has mercy on a needy man honors him.

LORD makes poor, and makes rich. He brings low, he also lifts up.

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

who does not respect the persons of rulers, nor regards the rich more than the poor. For they all are the work of his hands.

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