Psalms 49:2
whether you are highborn or lowborn, rich or poor!
Free Bible Version
In The King James Version
Both low and high, rich and poor, together.
In Context
1Listen to this, everyone! Pay attention, people of the world—
3For what I say is wise, and my thinking is perceptive.
Cross References
1 Samuel 2:7The Lord makes some poor, but others rich; he brings some down, but he lifts others up.
Psalms 62:9Ordinary people are mere breaths, while leaders are just fakes. Put them all together and weigh them on scales and they wouldn't weigh more than air!
Isaiah 34:1Come close, you nations, and listen! You peoples, pay attention! Hear these words everyone who lives on earth, and all that comes from it!
Micah 1:2Listen, all the nations! Pay attention, everyone on earth! The Lord God testifies against you from the Lord's holy Temple.
James 2:1My friends, as trusting believers in our glorious Lord Jesus Christ, you must not show favoritism.
Matthew Henry on Psalms 49:2-6
A Call to Attention. 1 Hear this, all ye people; give ear, all ye inhabitants of the world: 2 Both low and high, rich and poor, together. 3 My mouth shall speak of wisdom; and the meditation of my heart shall be of understanding. 4 I will incline mine ear to a parable: I will open my dark saying upon the harp. 5 Wherefore should I fear in the days of evil, when the iniquity of my heels shall compass me about? This is the psalmist's preface to his discourse concerning the vanity of the world and its insufficiency… Read the whole commentary →