Proverbs 22:2
The rich and the poor meet together; but the Lord made them both.
LXX2012 (US English)
In The King James Version
The rich and poor meet together: the LORD is the maker of them all.
In Context
1A fair name is better than much wealth, and good favor is above silver and gold.
Cross References
1 Samuel 2:7The Lord makes poor, and makes rich; he brings low, and lifts up.
Job 34:19Such a one as would not reverence the face of an honorable man, neither knows how to give honor to the great, so as that their persons should be respected.
Proverbs 14:31He that oppresses the needy provokes his Maker: but he that honors him has pity upon the poor.
Matthew Henry on Proverbs 22:2
Miscellaneous Maxims. 1 A good name is rather to be chosen than great riches, and loving favour rather than silver and gold. Here are two things which are more valuable and which we should covet more than great riches:—1. To be well spoken of: A name (that is, a good name, a name for good things with God and good people) is rather to be chosen than great riches; that is, we should be more careful to do that by which we may get and keep a good name than that by which we may raise and increase a great estate. Great… Read the whole commentary →