Proverbs 22:2

New Century Version

The rich and the poor are alike in that the Lord made them all.

Cross References

Job 31:15

God made me in my mother’s womb, and he also made them; the same God formed both of us in our mothers’ wombs.

Job 34:19

He is not nicer to princes than other people, nor kinder to rich people than poor people, because he made them all with his own hands.

Proverbs 14:31

Whoever mistreats the poor insults their Maker, but whoever is kind to the needy honors God.

Proverbs 29:13

The poor person and the cruel person are alike in that the Lord gave eyes to both of them.

1 Corinthians 12:21

The eye cannot say to the hand, “I don’t need you!” And the head cannot say to the foot, “I don’t need you!”

1 Samuel 2:7

The Lord makes some people poor, and others he makes rich. He makes some people humble, and others he makes great.