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Proverbs 22:2

Bible in Basic English 1965

The man of wealth and the poor man come face to face: the Lord is the maker of them all.

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Did not God make him as well as me? did he not give us life in our mothers' bodies?

Who has no respect for rulers, and who gives no more attention to those who have wealth than to the poor, for they are all the work of his hands.

He who is hard on the poor puts shame on his Maker; but he who has mercy on those who are in need gives him honour.

The poor man and his creditor come face to face: the Lord gives light to their eyes equally.

And the eye may not say to the hand, I have no need of you: or again the head to the feet, I have no need of you.

The Lord gives wealth and takes a man's goods from him: crushing men down and again lifting them up;