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, etcThe rich and poor meet together: the LORD is the maker of them all.
KJV
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.
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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Related passages from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.
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 40:11Cast abroad the rage of thy wrath: and behold every one that is proud, and abase him.
Job 40:12Look on every one that is proud, and bring him low; and tread down the wicked in their place.
Proverbs 7:6For at the window of my house I looked through my casement,
Proverbs 31:23Her husband is known in the gates, when he sitteth among the elders of the land.
Isaiah 2:11The 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 2:12For 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 2:17And 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 10:12Wherefore 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 37:23Whom 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 50:31Behold, 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 50:32And 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 4:37Now 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 5:22And thou his son, O Belshazzar, hast not humbled thine heart, though thou knewest all this;
Micah 5:9Thine hand shall be lifted up upon thine adversaries, and all thine enemies shall be cut off.
John 5:22For the Father judgeth no man, but hath committed all judgment unto the Son:
John 5:23That 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 5:10For 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 5:5Likewise, 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 18:6Reward 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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Other verses that share key original-language words with Proverbs 22:2.
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 12:4And 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 14:20The 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 18:23The poor useth intreaties; but the rich answereth roughly.
Proverbs 22:7The rich ruleth over the poor, and the borrower is servant to the lender. the lender: Heb. the man that lendeth
Proverbs 28:6Better is the poor that walketh in his uprightness, than he that is perverse in his ways, though he be rich.
Proverbs 29:13The poor and the deceitful man meet together: the LORD lighteneth both their eyes. the deceitful: or, the usurer
Frequently asked questions
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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