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Proverbs 22:2

22:1 A good name is rather to be chosen than great riches, and loving favour rather than silver and gold. loving: or, favour is better than, etc
The rich and poor meet together: the LORD is the maker of them all.

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The rich and the poor have this in common: Yahweh is the maker of them all.

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

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

22:3 A prudent man foreseeth the evil, and hideth himself: but the simple pass on, and are punished.

What does Proverbs 22:2 mean?

Proverbs 22:2 is a verse in the book of Proverbs, in the Old Testament. In the original Hebrew, key words include עָשִׁיר (ʻâshîyr), רוּשׁ (rûwsh), פָּגַשׁ (pâgash). It connects to 20 cross-referenced passages elsewhere in Scripture.

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The
richעָשִׁירʻâshîyr/aw-sheer'/H6223rich, whether literal or figurative (noble)
and
poorרוּשׁrûwsh/roosh/H7326to be destitute
meet
together:פָּגַשׁpâgash/paw-gash'/H6298to come in contact with, whether by accident or violence; figuratively, to concur
the
LORDיְהֹוָהYᵉhôvâh/yeh-ho-vaw'/H3068Jehovah, Jewish national name of God
is
the
makerעָשָׂהʻâsâh/aw-saw'/H6213to do or make, in the broadest sense and widest application
of
them
all.

Commentary on Proverbs 22:2

HENRY_FULL · Proverbs 22:2
elves against them. In singing this psalm we must look abroad upon the pride of oppressors with a holy indignation, and the tears of the oppressed with a holy compassion; but, at the same time, look upwards to the righteous Judge with an entire satisfaction, and look forward, to the end of all these things, with a pleasing hope. Appeal to God against Persecutors; The Folly of Atheists and Oppressors. 1 O Lord God, to whom vengeance belongeth; O God, to whom vengeance belongeth, show thyself. 2 Lift up thyself, thou judge of the earth: render a reward to the proud. 3 Lord , how long shall the wicked, how long shall the wicked triumph? 4 How long shall they utter and speak hard things? and all the workers of iniquity boast themselves? 5 They break in pieces thy people, O Lord , and afflict thine heritage. 6 They slay the widow a

Cross-references

Related passages from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

Genesis 18:25

That be far from thee to do after this manner, to slay the righteous with the wicked: and that the righteous should be as the wicked, that be far from thee: Shall not the Judge of all the earth do right?

Job 40:11

Cast abroad the rage of thy wrath: and behold every one that is proud, and abase him.

Job 40:12

Look on every one that is proud, and bring him low; and tread down the wicked in their place.

Proverbs 7:6

For at the window of my house I looked through my casement,

Proverbs 31:23

Her husband is known in the gates, when he sitteth among the elders of the land.

Isaiah 2:11

The lofty looks of man shall be humbled, and the haughtiness of men shall be bowed down, and the LORD alone shall be exalted in that day.

Isaiah 2:12

For the day of the LORD of hosts shall be upon every one that is proud and lofty, and upon every one that is lifted up; and he shall be brought low:

Isaiah 2:17

And the loftiness of man shall be bowed down, and the haughtiness of men shall be made low: and the LORD alone shall be exalted in that day.

Isaiah 10:12

Wherefore it shall come to pass, that when the Lord hath performed his whole work upon mount Zion and on Jerusalem, I will punish the fruit of the stout heart of the king of Assyria, and the glory of his high looks. punish: Heb. visit upon stout: Heb. greatness of the heart

Isaiah 37:23

Whom hast thou reproached and blasphemed? and against whom hast thou exalted thy voice, and lifted up thine eyes on high? even against the Holy One of Israel.

Jeremiah 50:31

Behold, I am against thee, O thou most proud, saith the Lord GOD of hosts: for thy day is come, the time that I will visit thee. most: Heb. pride

Jeremiah 50:32

And the most proud shall stumble and fall, and none shall raise him up: and I will kindle a fire in his cities, and it shall devour all round about him. the: Heb. pride

Daniel 4:37

Now I Nebuchadnezzar praise and extol and honour the King of heaven, all whose works are truth, and his ways judgment: and those that walk in pride he is able to abase.

Daniel 5:22

And thou his son, O Belshazzar, hast not humbled thine heart, though thou knewest all this;

Micah 5:9

Thine hand shall be lifted up upon thine adversaries, and all thine enemies shall be cut off.

John 5:22

For the Father judgeth no man, but hath committed all judgment unto the Son:

John 5:23

That all men should honour the Son, even as they honour the Father. He that honoureth not the Son honoureth not the Father which hath sent him.

2 Corinthians 5:10

For we must all appear before the judgment seat of Christ; that every one may receive the things done in his body, according to that he hath done, whether it be good or bad.

1 Peter 5:5

Likewise, ye younger, submit yourselves unto the elder. Yea, all of you be subject one to another, and be clothed with humility: for God resisteth the proud, and giveth grace to the humble.

Revelation 18:6

Reward her even as she rewarded you, and double unto her double according to her works: in the cup which she hath filled fill to her double.

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Verses like this

Other verses that share key original-language words with Proverbs 22:2.

2 Samuel 12:1

And the LORD sent Nathan unto David. And he came unto him, and said unto him, There were two men in one city; the one rich, and the other poor.

2 Samuel 12:4

And there came a traveller unto the rich man, and he spared to take of his own flock and of his own herd, to dress for the wayfaring man that was come unto him; but took the poor man's lamb, and dressed it for the man that was come to him.

Proverbs 14:20

The poor is hated even of his own neighbour: but the rich hath many friends. the rich: Heb. many are the lovers of the rich

Proverbs 18:23

The poor useth intreaties; but the rich answereth roughly.

Proverbs 22:7

The rich ruleth over the poor, and the borrower is servant to the lender. the lender: Heb. the man that lendeth

Proverbs 28:6

Better is the poor that walketh in his uprightness, than he that is perverse in his ways, though he be rich.

Proverbs 29:13

The poor and the deceitful man meet together: the LORD lighteneth both their eyes. the deceitful: or, the usurer

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What does Proverbs 22:2 say?

Proverbs 22:2 (King James Version) reads: "The rich and poor meet together: the LORD is the maker of them all."

Is Proverbs 22:2 in the Old or New Testament?

Proverbs 22:2 is in the Old Testament of the Bible, in the book of Proverbs.

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